"Bye Bye To the Letters"

Growing up I used to push for straight A's and B's. Where an A was a 90-100 and a B was 80-90. Then when my brother began to go to school they had changed the whole thing a 92-100 was considered an A and a 83-91 was a B. We are in the year of 2009 and some schools across the country have decided to say goodbye to the letters and hello to the numbers. According to the New York Times some school districts in New York and California among other select few have changed the traditional A,B,C,D, and F, to numbers ranging from 1-4. The science to the madness of this concept is to improve and allow consistency. The numbers are being adopted by struggling districts to ensure and see what areas are their students struggling the most. I was impressed because a few months back I had read something in the Courier posts about colleges having a tough time with measuring and calculating which student would best exemplify the qualities they want to see due to the differences of the grading system each state or even district haves. In my opinion I believe this is good because it unites education overall. Now, no matter where the students come from their grades stay the same. In a way the number scale has made it more easy to pin point what the problem is which allows the school to correct the problem or at least give them the idea for improvement.