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WD - that system is in place in most provinces through junior high

Posted by Reagen Jan 25 '23, 13:42

grades are ... kind of arbitrary, at least at that level. It's absurd for me to try and define the difference between an 82 and an 85 at that grade, and even in high school there's only scant justification for single digit differences. What we do at the JH level though is to make them qualitative, rather than quantitative. Do you have a handle on the skill that we asked you to master? Did you get this skill, but not that skill? That's what I'm looking for. A 4 is total mastery, a 3 is you got what we asked for, a 2 is several holes and a 1 is you didn't try. Then there's wiggle room in between with +.

Hilariously it all turns into a percentage anyway on the report card, but assignment to assignment, it's kind of bogus to say on this test you got 75 but on this one you got 82. We're not refining the material that closely at that age, and we don't test enough to make those divisions valid (and testing enough to do that would drive the kids insane and give no practice time).

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Is it still called junior high in Canada? I think in jsut about all the US it's middle school now. - loosilu Jan 25, 13:44 18
- Try looking in the south or the midwest. - the wrong element Jan 25, 15:44
- We have a mix but a lot are still called junior high and some intermediate school. -- nm - Krusty Jan 25, 14:21 1
  - I think that's the only place I've heard of with junior high. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 14:38
- is grade 8 middle school? I think that's where the whole system falls apart, most places 567 is middle school, 8-9 is junior high, 10-12 high. right? -- nm - judge indianapolis jones Jan 25, 13:49 14
  - I don't think I've ever seen a place with middle and ju ior high. - the wrong element Jan 25, 15:54
  - Primary K-6, secondary 7-12 -- nm - mafic Jan 25, 15:04
  - Here, it’s K-3 elementary, 4-5 upper elementary, 6-8 middle, 9-12 high. -- (edited) - znufrii Jan 25, 14:26 3
    - We have same except called elementary, intermediate, middle, and high. Different buildings but close except the high school. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jan 25, 14:45 1
      - Smart, teach kids somewhat early that sometimes things just don't make sense. - the wrong element Jan 25, 15:48
    - Never heard of that one before. All different schools? -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 14:37
  - Four levels?! Elementary 1-5, Middle 6-8, High 9-12 -- nm - MDH Jan 25, 14:09 2
    - Oh and similar to below when I was in 5th grade they made 6 middle. I was the year of the switch. -- nm - MDH Jan 25, 14:10 1
      - Me too!!!!! But I'm guessing it was a little earlier in the century. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jan 25, 14:47
  - For me growing up: 1-6 elementary. 7-8 middle school/junior high. 9-12 high school - oblique Jan 25, 13:59 3
    - Same here. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 14:21
    - For me it was k-6 Elementary, 7-9 Jr High, 10-12 High, but they've since moved to k-5 Elementary, 6-8 Middle, and 9-12 High -- nm - Ender Jan 25, 14:04
    - I was in Catholic school which is 1-8. Public elementary was 1-6 and Junior High was 7-8. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 14:00
  - All I know is that I have not seen any schools called "junior high" in a very long time. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 13:59

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