Do all schools (public/private) inflate grades now, allow test retakes until the kid gets a higher grade?

[Anonymous]

No! I’m shocked schools in the DC area allow this now. We moved away and my kid’s school absolutely doesn’t have a retake policy. Teachers are VERY strict. Regular public school in affluent area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our private does not ever allow retakes. They readily give out Cs and even Ds.

Same. Public school.

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Anonymous wrote:Arlington Public Schools only allows test retakes if you are below an 80 and then the highest score possible is an 80. So effectively no retakes that allow for grade inflation unless you are annoyed kids are "inflated" to a B- after having to actually learn the material.

They are inflated because the retake doesn’t show that it was the second attempt. The grade should have an asterisk next to it so colleges can see that the kid with straight Bs is actually not a B student. They are only a B student due to retakes. There are other kids who are B students and they shouldn’t all be lumped together.

Colleges don’t see individual grades so that won’t work.

So colleges have no real idea of the type of student they are getting.

I think PP meant colleges don’t see grades for assignments. They see semester grades for every class taken.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can only speak to FCPS; I have two children in different FCPS high schools.

FCPS pulled back from grade inflation by widespread implementation of "skills-based grading" / equity grading. There are myriad threads on SBG in FCPS here on DCUMAD; use the search function (the information is highly tainted by political opinion, however).


The effect has been, as intended, to increase the grades of students at the lower end (fewer Fs and easier to earn a C) while making it more difficult to earn an A, especially in Honors and AP classes.

Implementation of SBG varies by school and even by teacher.

Wouldn’t standards based grading actually make it easier for top kids to earn an A? I would think grading on a curve would make it harder for as many kids to get As.

[Anonymous]

Our MCPS does not allow retakes on tests, just some teachers allow for some assignments but not all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So aggravated, our private, parochial school only allows one retake only for a "C." Other private and public schools in our area allow kids to take tests over as many times as they want, their seniors are going to ivy and top ten schools. Our parochial high school has kids going to mid tier and below colleges, so much for college prep.

As many times as they want? Doubtful.

[Anonymous]

I don’t even know if our schools allow it. But I don’t see it as a bad thing. They have to ensure that the student can’t cheat on the second test. They have to make a brand new test that no one has access to. The point of classes are to learn and if this gives a student the motivation needed to study better or get help with something they didn’t understand, that’s a good thing.