Will FCPS HS use the same grading system in SY2024-25?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is 98% an A or B at your HS?

At Madison HS it seems to be a B whereas at Langley HS it seems to an A as is traditional.

I'm pretty sure you are just making this up

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had principal chats at Madison too last year, then that ended this year. We were told that there would be workshops on SBG in the fall of 2023 but that never happened and then principal was careful to try to make sure to limit opportunities for parents to ask questions in large settings such as back to school night. She is responsible for SBG but this year, she asks like she has no control over whether it stays at Madison and is leaving it up to a vote by department chairs.

Herndon principal will probably start copying her.

You would think that at least grading would be consistent across FCPS HS, but nope, it is not.

FCPS seems to be increasingly disorganized and poorly-run.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is 98% an A or B at your HS?

At Madison HS it seems to be a B whereas at Langley HS it seems to an A as is traditional.

I'm pretty sure you are just making this up

DP - The one thing marked off on an assessment, then B grade happens all the time. I am looking at an assignment that's an "assessment" grade rather than a "practice grade." My kid had an A in class until yesterday when all of a sudden, some grades are added and it's a B+. When I look at some of the assignments graded to try to figure out what happened, I see one item under 1 skill highlighted and the grade is a B. I can't tell from what the teacher has marked on the paper why that item is highlighted. If we are lucky, DC can get this replaced with A- by end of year.

Another class the kid had an A in, teacher just added a bunch of bad grades from May and now a B for the class. Had an A all year long and just found out now.

The thing is, teachers have been saying students can make things up, but they seem to each have their own rules for this and if you just got the grades back on Monday or are still waiting for grades, there is not much time left and you have to hope teacher will let you do something about it.

Madison needs to start submitting a note to colleges explaining their ever changing grading practices so these admission officers understand these kids aren't in the same situation as the rest of the pool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is 98% an A or B at your HS?

At Madison HS it seems to be a B whereas at Langley HS it seems to an A as is traditional.

I'm pretty sure you are just making this up

If only I were.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:they don't use SBG in college. forget that silliness.

let's continue the rolling gradebook.

no more retakes.

homework is not graded; simply used for practice.

only grades in gradebook are assessments based, whether informal/formative or summative.

People are not in agreement with what you've written. Stop trying to be queen of FCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is 98% an A or B at your HS?

At Madison HS it seems to be a B whereas at Langley HS it seems to an A as is traditional.

I'm no fan of SBG, but you're being ridiculous. At Madison, a 98% is absolutely an A.

Now when a B- gets rounded down to a C because only whole letter grades are on the rubric and the teacher/department won't round up (which DOES happen in some classes at Madison, but not others...yay for inconsistency), then I think there's an issue that needs addressing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is 98% an A or B at your HS?

At Madison HS it seems to be a B whereas at Langley HS it seems to an A as is traditional.

I'm no fan of SBG, but you're being ridiculous. At Madison, a 98% is absolutely an A.

Now when a B- gets rounded down to a C because only whole letter grades are on the rubric and the teacher/department won't round up (which DOES happen in some classes at Madison, but not others...yay for inconsistency), then I think there's an issue that needs addressing.

You are not understanding what is happening. I wish it was ridiculous. An assessment last week (with three different skills tested) had 12 multiple choice questions for each skill. Missing 1 question was a B. Normally 11/12 is an A by percentage, but is at the teacher’s discretion what counts as an A. I imagine this kind of grading flexibility happens at every school but it seems especially frustrating at Madison because it seems to change from test to test and class to class. Also, there is no 98 percent anywhere. Grades are 1-4. So an A is 3.8 and above. A- is 3.3 to 3.7. It is hard to get an A but easier to get an A-.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:they don't use SBG in college. forget that silliness.

let's continue the rolling gradebook.

no more retakes.

homework is not graded; simply used for practice.

only grades in gradebook are assessments based, whether informal/formative or summative.

People are not in agreement with what you've written. Stop trying to be queen of FCPS.

of course darling.

lets make sure your little turds can have multiple retakes because your DNA just isn't able to do well on the first try.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is 98% an A or B at your HS?

At Madison HS it seems to be a B whereas at Langley HS it seems to an A as is traditional.

I'm no fan of SBG, but you're being ridiculous. At Madison, a 98% is absolutely an A.

Now when a B- gets rounded down to a C because only whole letter grades are on the rubric and the teacher/department won't round up (which DOES happen in some classes at Madison, but not others...yay for inconsistency), then I think there's an issue that needs addressing.

You are not understanding what is happening. I wish it was ridiculous. An assessment last week (with three different skills tested) had 12 multiple choice questions for each skill. Missing 1 question was a B. Normally 11/12 is an A by percentage, but is at the teacher’s discretion what counts as an A. I imagine this kind of grading flexibility happens at every school but it seems especially frustrating at Madison because it seems to change from test to test and class to class. Also, there is no 98 percent anywhere. Grades are 1-4. So an A is 3.8 and above. A- is 3.3 to 3.7. It is hard to get an A but easier to get an A-.

DP - And this is a huge deal. If a kid is taking all honors classes, they don't get the GPA bump with the A-

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is 98% an A or B at your HS?

At Madison HS it seems to be a B whereas at Langley HS it seems to an A as is traditional.

I'm no fan of SBG, but you're being ridiculous. At Madison, a 98% is absolutely an A.

Now when a B- gets rounded down to a C because only whole letter grades are on the rubric and the teacher/department won't round up (which DOES happen in some classes at Madison, but not others...yay for inconsistency), then I think there's an issue that needs addressing.

You are not understanding what is happening. I wish it was ridiculous. An assessment last week (with three different skills tested) had 12 multiple choice questions for each skill. Missing 1 question was a B. Normally 11/12 is an A by percentage, but is at the teacher’s discretion what counts as an A. I imagine this kind of grading flexibility happens at every school but it seems especially frustrating at Madison because it seems to change from test to test and class to class. Also, there is no 98 percent anywhere. Grades are 1-4. So an A is 3.8 and above. A- is 3.3 to 3.7. It is hard to get an A but easier to get an A-.

I understand exactly what is happening. You’re confusing two issues - a percentage based grade, and SBG which works off a 4 point scale leading to “mastery”. Yes, with SBG, getting one wrong means you do not receive an A on that assessment because it’s not “perfect” or “mastered”. I agree with you that it’s a flawed system. What I was saying about a 98% being an A is true when you’re looking at the overall course grade. But Madison is not on a 100 point scale for assessments, so you cannot compare 11/12 on a test to a grade of 92% (which is actually an A- anyway). The two are not the same with SBG.

DP - And this is a huge deal. If a kid is taking all honors classes, they don't get the GPA bump with the A-

And this makes no sense; maybe I’m misunderstanding something. In an honors class, you do get a GPA bump with an A-. It goes into the calculation as a 4.2 (a .5 bump over the 3.7 an A- in a standard class is worth). You don’t need an A for the bump.