Travis, Ben, et al. does this sound familiar "A third of Wake's 80 elementary schools will start using a new grading system in August that replaces traditional letter grades with a numerical Level 1 through 4 scale." However the lame argument about changing still exists, "But critics say the change is too confusing. Part of the confusion is that school officials say a Level 4 doesn't equate to an A, a Level 3 doesn't equate to a B, and so on." Why is that confusing? When you talk about proficiency it's not suppossed to equate to a letter grade. Read the article. Measure growth not height.