Quarterly Grades and GPA/Transcript

[Anonymous]

Do quarterly grades get calculated into GPA, or is it just semester? Do quarterly grades appear on transcript? We are dealing with a teacher error in quarterly grade, but when averaged with first quarter the semester grade is fine. Just wondering whether to keep pressing on this or give up. Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Just semester goes on the transcript.

[Anonymous]

The GPA is also comprised of the semester grades only.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The GPA is also comprised of the semester grades only.

+1 This is policy specified on the MCPS website.

[Anonymous]

Is there a separate semester transcript that is generated for high school students? In addition to the report card I mean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there a separate semester transcript that is generated for high school students? In addition to the report card I mean.

There will be a "Student Grades And Graduation Credit Report" posted in ParentVue under Documents. This can take a few weeks after the grades are finalized.

[Anonymous]

Does B and C become a B for the semester grade?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does B and C become a B for the semester grade?

Yes.

There's a chart on page 4:
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/policy/pdf/ikara.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does B and C become a B for the semester grade?

Yes, in fact if a student has a mixture of Bs and As (one of each for each subject in each semester), the student can end up with a transcript 4.0 for college applications and have never actually had a 4.0 on a report card.

To make it even more interesting, a student can have an 89.5% one quarter, which the MCPS has set the grade program to round up to a 90% A, and therefore have an A on the transcript without ever having an 90% or higher A on the report card.

To be even cooler, the student could have his grade increased into the A zone by turning in homework which is graded on completion and worth 10% of the overall grade. Therefore a student may earn an A in the class without ever having an earned an A on an assignment that was graded for accuracy.


The same thing can happen in any other area of the grade ranges. A student could pass a class with a D and never actually passed an assignment graded for accuracy. Imagine doing this in Algebra 1 and then moving onto the next math class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does B and C become a B for the semester grade?

Yes, in fact if a student has a mixture of Bs and As (one of each for each subject in each semester), the student can end up with a transcript 4.0 for college applications and have never actually had a 4.0 on a report card.

To make it even more interesting, a student can have an 89.5% one quarter, which the MCPS has set the grade program to round up to a 90% A, and therefore have an A on the transcript without ever having an 90% or higher A on the report card.

To be even cooler, the student could have his grade increased into the A zone by turning in homework which is graded on completion and worth 10% of the overall grade. Therefore a student may earn an A in the class without ever having an earned an A on an assignment that was graded for accuracy.


The same thing can happen in any other area of the grade ranges. A student could pass a class with a D and never actually passed an assignment graded for accuracy. Imagine doing this in Algebra 1 and then moving onto the next math class.

It has resulted in kids developing very good applied math skill to suss out just what grades they need as a semester winds down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does B and C become a B for the semester grade?

Yes, in fact if a student has a mixture of Bs and As (one of each for each subject in each semester), the student can end up with a transcript 4.0 for college applications and have never actually had a 4.0 on a report card.

To make it even more interesting, a student can have an 89.5% one quarter, which the MCPS has set the grade program to round up to a 90% A, and therefore have an A on the transcript without ever having an 90% or higher A on the report card.

To be even cooler, the student could have his grade increased into the A zone by turning in homework which is graded on completion and worth 10% of the overall grade. Therefore a student may earn an A in the class without ever having an earned an A on an assignment that was graded for accuracy.


The same thing can happen in any other area of the grade ranges. A student could pass a class with a D and never actually passed an assignment graded for accuracy. Imagine doing this in Algebra 1 and then moving onto the next math class.

It has resulted in kids developing very good applied math skill to suss out just what grades they need as a semester winds down.

Or very savvy app skills.

[Anonymous]

The grading system really makes slacking without consequences possible.

79.5 plus 89.5 is an A