Calculating semester grades

[Anonymous]

What is the reason behind this form of grading?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When calculating the semester grade for a class, do they average the letter grades for two quarters (B & A comes to A), or do they average each numerical grade value (80 & 90 comes to 85, which is still a B)?

Neither. The semester grade is the the higher quarter grade. A plus B equals A.

I don’t understand the logic of this. Can someone please explain?

I agree. This seems like major grade inflation.

[Anonymous]

Should be numerical, that’s what most colleges do

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is the reason behind this form of grading?

Keep kids from freaking out at the end of the semester.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is the reason behind this form of grading?

I grew up in a different part of Maryland and attended public school and this is how grades have been calculated since I was a student. So the reason is probably because this is how it’s always been done, although I don’t know for sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the reason behind this form of grading?

I grew up in a different part of Maryland and attended public school and this is how grades have been calculated since I was a student. So the reason is probably because this is how it’s always been done, although I don’t know for sure.

The current semester grade calculation system has been in effect in MCPS since the 2016-17 school year. This was the information they provided at the time about the change:

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/info/assessment-strategy/faq.aspx