Originally Posted by ultramarina
No objection here at all to multiple levels. I think that's great. The district in question has multiple levels, and performance requirements were in place for the lowest level.

Then I'm confused; what's the right to squeak thing all about? Can't the students just squeak at the lowest level? That seems completely reasonable to me.

Is he trying to address hyper-competitiveness at the upper level? If so, I'm not sure that turning all levels into the same level (relatively unskilled and skilled players mixed) will help, though I see how it could make things worse, especially for the very few kids who want to make careers in music.

Last edited by Val; 01/06/16 10:43 AM. Reason: typo