Many parents in British Columbia are confused by the new descriptive grades that have replaced letter grades on report cards to convey students’ performance in school, a recent study by Fraser Institute finds.
When asked to choose the correct meaning of two of the new descriptive grades—“Extending” and “Emerging”—from a list of choices, more than 60 percent of B.C. parents were unable to do so, indicates the study, which included a series of polls conducted by Leger on behalf of the think tank.
“Parents in B.C. are clearly confused by the government’s new grading system, which includes vague terms open to interpretation,” said Paige MacPherson, study author and associate director of education policy at the Fraser Institute, in an Oct. 24 news release….