APS transitioning to new grading style but many parents are giving it poor marks

Over the last seven years, Arlington Public Schools has transitioned more than a dozen elementary schools to a different style of grading, with more on the way next year. The schools system says the goal is to get away from simplistic letter grades and to better describe student progress toward mastering standards -- without encouraging

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