Colleges Flagging MCPS?

[Anonymous]

My DD came home today and told me that her teacher told her that grade inflation is really rampant in MCPS and that he is told to grade really leniently and that it is really hard for someone to fail. He says that it is so bad that colleges will flag an application once they see it is from MCPS and make sure to look deeper into what classes they took to see how rigorous it is to make sure they really deserved that 4.0 gpa. Not sure how true this is, has anyone else heard about this?

[Anonymous]

Cool story bro.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD came home today and told me that her teacher told her that grade inflation is really rampant in MCPS and that he is told to grade really leniently and that it is really hard for someone to fail. He says that it is so bad that colleges will flag an application once they see it is from MCPS and make sure to look deeper into what classes they took to see how rigorous it is to make sure they really deserved that 4.0 gpa. Not sure how true this is, has anyone else heard about this?

I have been told that we need to do more to set our students apart when we write a rec letter. That is because so many of our kids are graduating with extremely high (above 4.5) weighted GPAs. This makes he GPA meaningless. Colleges cannot tell between the solid all As student and the student who routinely has mix of As and Bs but in the right sequence to be all As at semester break.

I have also been told by a friend who works with freshman at UMD that advisors need to tell students that the 50% rule does not exist in college, they do not have retakes, and the due date is the deadline period.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD came home today and told me that her teacher told her that grade inflation is really rampant in MCPS and that he is told to grade really leniently and that it is really hard for someone to fail. He says that it is so bad that colleges will flag an application once they see it is from MCPS and make sure to look deeper into what classes they took to see how rigorous it is to make sure they really deserved that 4.0 gpa. Not sure how true this is, has anyone else heard about this?

LOL Seriously, what do you want us to do with this hearsay?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD came home today and told me that her teacher told her that grade inflation is really rampant in MCPS and that he is told to grade really leniently and that it is really hard for someone to fail. He says that it is so bad that colleges will flag an application once they see it is from MCPS and make sure to look deeper into what classes they took to see how rigorous it is to make sure they really deserved that 4.0 gpa. Not sure how true this is, has anyone else heard about this?

I have been told that we need to do more to set our students apart when we write a rec letter. That is because so many of our kids are graduating with extremely high (above 4.5) weighted GPAs. This makes he GPA meaningless. Colleges cannot tell between the solid all As student and the student who routinely has mix of As and Bs but in the right sequence to be all As at semester break.

I have also been told by a friend who works with freshman at UMD that advisors need to tell students that the 50% rule does not exist in college, they do not have retakes, and the due date is the deadline period.

Oh yes. Many MCPS students will have a serious wake up call upon college. Those weighted GPAs won’t mean much if they don’t know how to manage their time effectively and are used to retake opportunities. College moves fast. MCPS is doing a significant disservice to students with lax grading policies.

[Anonymous]

If we were looking for solutions, what do we think MCPS should do when it comes to grading?

[Anonymous]

Give zero’s for missing work that was not turned in or attempted. Instead of auto 50%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Give zero’s for missing work that was not turned in or attempted. Instead of auto 50%

That shift back to normalcy has already been implemented in the second semester this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Give zero’s for missing work that was not turned in or attempted. Instead of auto 50%

That shift back to normalcy has already been implemented in the second semester this year.

The troll did not know that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Give zero’s for missing work that was not turned in or attempted. Instead of auto 50%

That shift back to normalcy has already been implemented in the second semester this year.

Only if the principal allows it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Give zero’s for missing work that was not turned in or attempted. Instead of auto 50%

That shift back to normalcy has already been implemented in the second semester this year.

Only if the principal allows it.

Untrue. It’s encoded in the most recent revision of the regulation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD came home today and told me that her teacher told her that grade inflation is really rampant in MCPS and that he is told to grade really leniently and that it is really hard for someone to fail. He says that it is so bad that colleges will flag an application once they see it is from MCPS and make sure to look deeper into what classes they took to see how rigorous it is to make sure they really deserved that 4.0 gpa. Not sure how true this is, has anyone else heard about this?

I have been told that we need to do more to set our students apart when we write a rec letter. That is because so many of our kids are graduating with extremely high (above 4.5) weighted GPAs. This makes he GPA meaningless. Colleges cannot tell between the solid all As student and the student who routinely has mix of As and Bs but in the right sequence to be all As at semester break.

I have also been told by a friend who works with freshman at UMD that advisors need to tell students that the 50% rule does not exist in college, they do not have retakes, and the due date is the deadline period.

Oh yes. Many MCPS students will have a serious wake up call upon college. Those weighted GPAs won’t mean much if they don’t know how to manage their time effectively and are used to retake opportunities. College moves fast. MCPS is doing a significant disservice to students with lax grading policies.

+1 100%

I've been telling my kids since HS freshman year that colleges don't allow retakes and grade so leniently. So, they better be prepared.

Older DC is now a freshman in college and gets it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Give zero’s for missing work that was not turned in or attempted. Instead of auto 50%

That shift back to normalcy has already been implemented in the second semester this year.

Only if the principal allows it.

Untrue. It’s encoded in the most recent revision of the regulation.

Well it is not happening at my kid's MCPS high school this semester.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Give zero’s for missing work that was not turned in or attempted. Instead of auto 50%

That shift back to normalcy has already been implemented in the second semester this year.

Only if the principal allows it.

Untrue. It’s encoded in the most recent revision of the regulation.

Well it is not happening at my kid's MCPS high school this semester.

Are you saying that your school is not giving zeros? They are only giving 50% at your school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Give zero’s for missing work that was not turned in or attempted. Instead of auto 50%

That shift back to normalcy has already been implemented in the second semester this year.

Only if the principal allows it.

Untrue. It’s encoded in the most recent revision of the regulation.

Well it is not happening at my kid's MCPS high school this semester.

Are you saying that your school is not giving zeros? They are only giving 50% at your school?

Yes. My kid told me that they are not giving out zeros this semester. They are still doing the 50% thing through the end of this school year.