Changes to grading for all MCPS high school students

[Anonymous]

They aren't letting rising seniors be graded under last year's grading rubric?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why do honors classes get the same gpa bump as AP classes. That is total grade inflation

Maybe honors could be a 0.5 bump and AP a 1.0- but only if students earn a 3 or higher?

The scores don’t even arrive until after we’re out for the summer so that would be chaotic. Larla might have a 4.4, but she won’t know for weeks.

Plus it would be suuuper embarassing for that teacher who didn't grade a few assignments until exam week so they could torpedo a kid with a bad grade, then find out the kid who got the "C" was one of the few that got a 5 on the AP, while the "A" kids they taught got 3's and 4's.

Ooops. Did I say that out loud? Sorry!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They aren't letting rising seniors be graded under last year's grading rubric?

No, they are not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They aren't letting rising seniors be graded under last year's grading rubric?

No, they are not.

This is worst timing for the juniors and seniors

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They aren't letting rising seniors be graded under last year's grading rubric?

No, they are not.

This is worst timing for the juniors and seniors

Yes, there were a bunch of students complaining about it at the last board meeting.

[Anonymous]

Any other teachers realizing how hard it is going to be to keep students on task for an entire 2nd quarter when they are essentially mathematically eliminated from passing the course after Q1? I have students with single digit grades through 5 weeks that will need to somehow become better than perfect from here on out just to pass the course.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any other teachers realizing how hard it is going to be to keep students on task for an entire 2nd quarter when they are essentially mathematically eliminated from passing the course after Q1? I have students with single digit grades through 5 weeks that will need to somehow become better than perfect from here on out just to pass the course.

I am so sorry you all are in this mess (students included). MCPS should have really addressed this years ago by slowly ramping up grading expectations. Now students are going to lose hope and teachers do not have the time nor the ability to effectively address this. This is really a horribly run organization.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any other teachers realizing how hard it is going to be to keep students on task for an entire 2nd quarter when they are essentially mathematically eliminated from passing the course after Q1? I have students with single digit grades through 5 weeks that will need to somehow become better than perfect from here on out just to pass the course.

I am so sorry you all are in this mess (students included). MCPS should have really addressed this years ago by slowly ramping up grading expectations. Now students are going to lose hope and teachers do not have the time nor the ability to effectively address this. This is really a horribly run organization.

DP. That's ridiculous. If students aren't putting in the effort and can't pass the course then that's on them. They will need to head to summer school.

[Anonymous]

They told us there would be growing pains and kids would likely take a step or two back before making progress and unfortunately that means like 40% of 9th graders having to go to summer school because they are used to zero educational consequences.

Hope the county has the money to double the summer school staff allocations or else class sizes in the summer will be like 40 per class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any other teachers realizing how hard it is going to be to keep students on task for an entire 2nd quarter when they are essentially mathematically eliminated from passing the course after Q1? I have students with single digit grades through 5 weeks that will need to somehow become better than perfect from here on out just to pass the course.

I am so sorry you all are in this mess (students included). MCPS should have really addressed this years ago by slowly ramping up grading expectations. Now students are going to lose hope and teachers do not have the time nor the ability to effectively address this. This is really a horribly run organization.

DP. That's ridiculous. If students aren't putting in the effort and can't pass the course then that's on them. They will need to head to summer school.

Maybe they would if they knew how. For many of these kids, the old grading policy is all they know. The 6th grade kids coming in will be alright. A little empathy goes a long way if you want long-term success.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any other teachers realizing how hard it is going to be to keep students on task for an entire 2nd quarter when they are essentially mathematically eliminated from passing the course after Q1? I have students with single digit grades through 5 weeks that will need to somehow become better than perfect from here on out just to pass the course.

I am so sorry you all are in this mess (students included). MCPS should have really addressed this years ago by slowly ramping up grading expectations. Now students are going to lose hope and teachers do not have the time nor the ability to effectively address this. This is really a horribly run organization.

DP. That's ridiculous. If students aren't putting in the effort and can't pass the course then that's on them. They will need to head to summer school.

Maybe they would if they knew how. For many of these kids, the old grading policy is all they know. The 6th grade kids coming in will be alright. A little empathy goes a long way if you want long-term success.

The issue I am seeing is that kids think that anything that is not completed in class is not worth completing or doing at all. I have kids in my 9th grade class literally throwing their papers out when the bell rings because they didn't finish. We have had 3 total out of class assignments so far this quarter and I have less than a 10% return rate on them. Kids are just taking zeros because they don't understand the consequences

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any other teachers realizing how hard it is going to be to keep students on task for an entire 2nd quarter when they are essentially mathematically eliminated from passing the course after Q1? I have students with single digit grades through 5 weeks that will need to somehow become better than perfect from here on out just to pass the course.

I am so sorry you all are in this mess (students included). MCPS should have really addressed this years ago by slowly ramping up grading expectations. Now students are going to lose hope and teachers do not have the time nor the ability to effectively address this. This is really a horribly run organization.

DP. That's ridiculous. If students aren't putting in the effort and can't pass the course then that's on them. They will need to head to summer school.

Maybe they would if they knew how. For many of these kids, the old grading policy is all they know. The 6th grade kids coming in will be alright. A little empathy goes a long way if you want long-term success.

My kid's school seemed to require every teacher to drill into the kids every day for the first month of school that the grading policy has changed. It seems to me like it will come more into play in second semester. Kids who were used to pulling an A in the first semester and then thinking they could get a B in the second semester will need to remember that won't work -- or at least a low A and a low B will result in a B. Same on down -- for example, those who got a C in the first semester thinking they could get a low D and be fine will need to be reminded that that won't work.