APS MS Straight As

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When my kids graduated from an APS MS several years ago they recognized the kids who got All As in all quarters for all three years. I think it was maybe 10% of the class. I'm sure a ton more had a "straight As" based on As at the end of the year but those could have had the occasional B/C in a bad quarter.

I was going to say something similar. My kid is in 9th, and when they recognized all As at the end of 8th last year, I recall it being around 10% of the class.

[Anonymous]

My kid says it's around 30 kids in his class of 300 something. At the first semester it was only a handful..so maybe folks perception is skewed.

[Anonymous]

Right. But half the graduating class in our high schools have above a 4.0… but there’s no grade inflation!

(That’s why many colleges recalculate gpa)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:


Same at my middle school. There are tough teachers who do not hand out As easily in different subjects that my kid has come across over the years.

It's just an easy thing to say they all get As and do nothing for them.



Maybe all the kids in N. Arlington get As because they are all high achieving students lol. Come to S. Arlington Middle Schools I promise not all get As

Or maybe the N. Arlington teachers hand out As so they don't have to deal with the pushy parents, while the S. Arlington teachers give more honest grades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Right. But half the graduating class in our high schools have above a 4.0… but there’s no grade inflation!

(That’s why many colleges recalculate gpa)

Where are you getting these stats? Genuinely curious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Right. But half the graduating class in our high schools have above a 4.0… but there’s no grade inflation!

(That’s why many colleges recalculate gpa)

You're confusing issues. You appear to not agree with weighting grades differently for calculation of a GPA, which is different than grade inflation.

[Anonymous]

My kids both had all straight A’s until ninth grade. Middle school is a joke and did not prepare them for note taking, study habits, how to adequately plan out a large project, etc..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Right. But half the graduating class in our high schools have above a 4.0… but there’s no grade inflation!

(That’s why many colleges recalculate gpa)

You're confusing issues. You appear to not agree with weighting grades differently for calculation of a GPA, which is different than grade inflation.

It’s both. Easy As *and* weighting.

[Anonymous]

Even in high school a huge chunk of APS kids get straight As. Major grade inflation. A for effort.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids both had all straight A’s until ninth grade. Middle school is a joke and did not prepare them for note taking, study habits, how to adequately plan out a large project, etc..

My kid’s MS experience prepared him for most of that… studying, etc mostly in math, and large projects via immersion classes.

[Anonymous]

Actual APS teachers post on AEM that they don’t have time to *really* grade their students’ writing assignments. But go on telling us how rigorous your school is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actual APS teachers post on AEM that they don’t have time to *really* grade their students’ writing assignments. But go on telling us how rigorous your school is.

Hahhhaha. What writing assignments? My kids have never written more than about a paragraph.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Right. But half the graduating class in our high schools have above a 4.0… but there’s no grade inflation!

(That’s why many colleges recalculate gpa)

You're confusing issues. You appear to not agree with weighting grades differently for calculation of a GPA, which is different than grade inflation.

It’s both. Easy As *and* weighting.

AP classes are standardized across schools, but believe what you want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Actual APS teachers post on AEM that they don’t have time to *really* grade their students’ writing assignments. But go on telling us how rigorous your school is.

Hahhhaha. What writing assignments? My kids have never written more than about a paragraph.

Maybe some of you have kids in some kind of remedial English? Being serious. Not our kid’s experience at all.

[Anonymous]

Have pulse. Show up a little bit. Don't rock boat too much. APS hands out A's.