Which high schools have the worst grade deflation?

[Anonymous]

Curious to see your thoughts.

[Anonymous]

Sidwell and Saint Anselms. Toughest grading.

GDS - easiest.

Not sure who else.

[Anonymous]

I was in the classroom for about 25 years in schools throughout the region, and before this thread goes further, I do believe that grade deflation is a better problem than grade inflation, on the whole. I know that could be frustrating to hear, but that’s one educator’s perspective.

In any case, in my experience, STA/NCS, SAAS, and Sidwell hold their students to the highest standards with the fewest easy paths.

[Anonymous]

Sidwell.

The English and History Departments’ grading is especially ridiculous! Math 1 to 4 (particularly 3 & 4) is equally ridiculous, and Chem 1A is pure, unadulterated nonsense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell.

The English and History Departments’ grading is especially ridiculous! Math 1 to 4 (particularly 3 & 4) is equally ridiculous, and Chem 1A is pure, unadulterated nonsense.

In other words, you are eager for an easier academic program with grade inflation for your kid.

[Anonymous]

St Anselms, but many colleges know this already. Also, a well written school profile will give indications about mean/median GPA to help an unfamiliar college understand.

[Anonymous]

Maybe not the worst, but it’s a real thing at Visi.

[Anonymous]

It doesn’t matter.

That’s why colleges pay attention to Class Rank”. This measure doesn’t have the problems GPA does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It doesn’t matter.

That’s why colleges pay attention to Class Rank”. This measure doesn’t have the problems GPA does.

Lol none of these schools have class rank and a lot of them don’t even have GPA.

[Anonymous]

How is it at sjc?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It doesn’t matter.

That’s why colleges pay attention to Class Rank”. This measure doesn’t have the problems GPA does.

The vast majority of private schools in the DC area do not rank.

[Anonymous]

STA. Kids with perfect SATs routinely can’t clear an A in many classes.

[Anonymous]

This is nonsense. Grade deflation? In math/science classes the answer is wrong or right. It isn’t subjective. In classes like history and English I can see how it might be a little more complicated because writing style and how well someone communicates is tough to grade. But I never understand why people include STEM classes when discussing how difficult it is to achieve high marks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is nonsense. Grade deflation? In math/science classes the answer is wrong or right. It isn’t subjective. In classes like history and English I can see how it might be a little more complicated because writing style and how well someone communicates is tough to grade. But I never understand why people include STEM classes when discussing how difficult it is to achieve high marks.

In comparison to a stem class with test retakes, homework graded for completion instead of accuracy, and generous extra credit, a stem class, especially a rigorous one, with none of those has grade deflation.

[Anonymous]

Homework graded for completion and not accuracy? Meaning as long as you filled out the the page it’s considered an A?

It sounds more like the problem isn’t the schools who actually require kids to learn the material. It’s the schools who do everything under the sun to inflate grades.