Interesting -- so they want to ensure that a 99% scoring child stays that high? Is that for confidence levels or so they can have good grades, high GPA for accolades, etc? I think my mind is stuck at the crossroad between school = learning to understanding/master and school = achieving as high as you can, being the "best." The school district switching to 'standards based grading' (albeit in a matrix that still allows for grade competition) seems to conflict with that.