My DDs school have decided to change the way they assess pupil performance. Achievement is to be assessed by how well one pupil performs against other members of their class. For example, those who are in the top 5% of performers will be given the highest grade and those in the bottom 20% will be given the lowest grade with two grades of Good and Average performance in the middle. My question is that if the whole group is performing at a low level for what's expected of a particular set, how will this be identified? How will the school know if a teacher isn't performing particularly well if some of the students are achieving high grades but, in comparison to say the national expected level, are actually performing poorly? There is a separate grade for effort which ranges from 1 - 4. Any pupil who is achieving a combined grade of AV (average) - 3 (effort) is considered to be doing ok as this is the baseline that's been set for expected performance. Doesn't seem right to me. Any thoughts anyone?
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