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Archive Home > 2009 > March > 26 > 4s and 3s are substituted for A"s and B"s ... for what?

4s and 3s are substituted for A"s and B"s ... for what?

It’s more than just numbers vs. letters. In the standards-based report card, numbers are part of a new system flourishing around the country as the latest frontier in a 20-year push to establish rigorous academic standards. Educators praise them fo

By Winnie Hu / The Bulletin
March 26, 2009

PELHAM, N.Y. — There is no more A for effort at Prospect Hill Elementary School.

In fact, there are no more A’s at all. Instead of letter grades in English or math, schoolchildren in this well-to-do Westchester County suburb now get report cards filled with numbers indicating....

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