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DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago school district's decision to start getting rid of letter grades on report cards this school year has prompted criticism from some parents.
The effort by Downers Grove Grade School District 58 began with science in seventh and eighth grades and math in kindergarten through sixth grade. Instead of letter grades, the district distributed progress guides describing whether certain academic standards had been met in those subjects.
The Chicago Tribune (http://trib.in/24lUtCh ) reports that negative feedback from parents has the district considering changes that include reinstating letter grades for some grade levels by the 2017-18 school year.
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