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.
