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	Podcast:		Maine Things Considered
	Episode:		Oak Hill Parents Question Proficiency-Based Grading System
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:06:37
	Publish Date:		2018-04-26 16:27:48
	Description:		This year's class of high school freshmen will be the first to graduate with a new kind of diploma three years from now in Maine. To get it, they will have to show proficiency in a number of subjects. We've been following the transition to this new system at a small rural high school near Lewiston in a series we're calling, " Lessons from Oak Hill ." One of the most controversial changes has been replacing the traditional A-through-F grading system, and pushback from critics has already led some districts to respond. Shelah Rawstron gushes about her son, Gavin. He's only a freshman at Oak Hill High School, but he's already quarterback of the football team and a varsity baseball player. Plus, he's smart – always getting A's and B's. "We've been very lucky with that, that he's a studious child," she says. "And takes great pride in performing at his best." But when Gavin's first semester report card came home last fall, those A's and B's had been replaced by “3's” and “4's,” part of a new
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