[cwyers]

The grading scale at my daughter's elementary school keeps moving more and more towards not having any sort of discernable outcomes. The possible grade as of her most recent report card are:

Basic skill Progressing towards goal Meets goal Exceeds goal

And in several subjects (it grows every semester), Es are not awarded at all. I am not sure I understand the point of this system.

[zhemao]

Because it's not meant to rank children against each other. It's meant to tell the parents and students how they are doing compared to the standard. If they have not met the goal, then something needs to change. If they have met the goal or exceeded it, there's not much to worry about.

It's not like kids really learn much in elementary school anyways. Which is itself a problem, but a different one.