Story: Spokane elementary schools switch to number grades
Instead of A-B-C-D, these schools are now using 4-3-2-1. The woman who headed up this change wants to give parents a "clearer picture of where their child stands." Apparently the families in Spokane have been struggling for years to decipher the universal grading system of A's and B's. Of the pointless ideas I've heard, I'd rank this a 4.