MCPS Grading

[Anonymous]

Which school is this? My very motivated student isn’t as strong in math. They are on the advanced track and works hard to get As and Bs. She almost got a C this quarter despite turning everything in and working hard. Got a B at the last minute.

I guess her mcps school isn’t in the grade inflation game?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Which school is this? My very motivated student isn’t as strong in math. They are on the advanced track and works hard to get As and Bs. She almost got a C this quarter despite turning everything in and working hard. Got a B at the last minute.

I guess her mcps school isn’t in the grade inflation game?

Grading policies are county wide so your student almost got a C even with low standards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are new to MCPS and grading. What is the policy for high school? I have a very unmotivated high school student. He currently has anywhere from 7-10 assignments missing in each class. He also has all Bs. It's very hard to get him to take it seriously when he has good grades. It looks like teachers give him a 50% whether he does the work or not.

MCPS doesn’t give class ranks, but, if hour kid cares at all, see if you can find the report counselors send to colleges about grade distribution. All Bs doesn’t look so good when you see what percentage of kids in the school have all As.

When 89.5 + 79.5 = A, a 4.0 is not rare.

[Anonymous]

Also check to see if the are practice assignments or all-task. If he’s missing most in the practice, then it really doesn’t not affect a grade - as it only counts for at most 10% of a grade. They show the percentage broken down by each category on the report card.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are new to MCPS and grading. What is the policy for high school? I have a very unmotivated high school student. He currently has anywhere from 7-10 assignments missing in each class. He also has all Bs. It's very hard to get him to take it seriously when he has good grades. It looks like teachers give him a 50% whether he does the work or not.

Wow! My kid has a couple Bs and they have no assignments missing and get As and Bs on the tests. This is why I think they should give B+ and B -
The current system is weird.
Also for high level classes the teacher does not have to give a 50 percent for the missing work. Only regular WL classes I think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are new to MCPS and grading. What is the policy for high school? I have a very unmotivated high school student. He currently has anywhere from 7-10 assignments missing in each class. He also has all Bs. It's very hard to get him to take it seriously when he has good grades. It looks like teachers give him a 50% whether he does the work or not.

MCPS doesn’t give class ranks, but, if hour kid cares at all, see if you can find the report counselors send to colleges about grade distribution. All Bs doesn’t look so good when you see what percentage of kids in the school have all As.

When 89.5 + 79.5 = A, a 4.0 is not rare.

Again. Why this is a bad system. If a kid had an average of half classes with an 94 and the other half 89.3 they end up with a 3.5 in the current system. If a kid has an average of an 89.5 in all classes they end up with a 4.0. Very bad system. the first student did “better” but has the lower gpa.

[Anonymous]

My kid submitted homework two days afree due date and earned zeros on the homework. Overall Grade was brought down from 83 to 79- ended up with a C in an AP class.

Straight A student up to that point.

Stinks

[Anonymous]

This is exactly why test optional is disappearing for college admissions. You can count on grades to identify a good student.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Which school is this? My very motivated student isn’t as strong in math. They are on the advanced track and works hard to get As and Bs. She almost got a C this quarter despite turning everything in and working hard. Got a B at the last minute.

I guess her mcps school isn’t in the grade inflation game?

Grading policies are county wide so your student almost got a C even with low standards.

No necessarily. Grading varies greatly in teachers teaching the same subject in the same school. One teacher grades harder—can majorly affect grades