If you could change one thing about school...

[jazzcomp]

Grading system would be impossible to implement, sadly the disparity between schools and even cohorts is too high.

As for the average, not everyone can be above average... there is nothing wrong for many students to be at grade level in most subjects. For some kids being average in just one learning area is amazing.

Simple example:
Major project = 30%
Exams = 40%
Final exams = 30%
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65% = C
80% = B
90% = A

This is why parents go for tutoring. The parents want to improve on average grades.

Syllabi can be viewed or downloaded online.

Never heard this on a parent/teacher interview when I ask what is being taught for 2nd half of the year.

I completely agree with i_amtrunks here. I don't tell parents that any grade is okay or not. Rather I look at whether or not they are achieving to the best of their ability, and if not what areas of improvement there are.

And studies have shown that focusing on student improvement (growth) matters more than focusing on student performance (results). A student who achieves straight A's because they're finding the work too easy and they already know everything is a student who isn't learning anything.

An A is still an A. If the student really wants to learn, they can learn outside school. You can also accelerate them if you want.

Also, you know that if every student were to perform above average then that new standard would become the new average, right? This is why exam marks are moderated and scaled.

If the student is average, you can tell that student to try harder and do more.

If your pass rate is 70% and everybody gets 80%, you can't say that 80% is a C/average

For me, moderation and scaling has more to do with how difficult the subject matter or how the class is performing. If 65/100 is the highest, that can be considered an A as well.

[BigTransformerTrev]

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[GoktimusPrime]

This is why parents go for tutoring. The parents want to improve on average grades.

An A is still an A. If the student really wants to learn, they can learn outside school. You can also accelerate them if you want.

. . . . . . I'm going to back away from this thread now . . . . . .

[ZoonMaster5000]

Start time, I’m not a morning person.