DCPS 4th advisory grades

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grades will be meaningless for this entire year from DCPS. Almost anyone who showed up will have straight As.

It's going to be rough for high schoolers because colleges will see through this and will toss the entire year. They can't distinguish between applicants when every applicant from an entire city has As for a year.

I agree grades are meaningless this year but trust me that lots of kids don't have As. Many don't have access to technology or the time or the space at home. Many just stopped working who had Cs or Bs already.

I'm just anticipating the parent complaints when the kids realize that they can do 1/2 of the assignments for the next month and earn an A. The parents that wanted their teenagers to do more work are going to be battling with them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grades will be meaningless for this entire year from DCPS. Almost anyone who showed up will have straight As.

It's going to be rough for high schoolers because colleges will see through this and will toss the entire year. They can't distinguish between applicants when every applicant from an entire city has As for a year.

I agree grades are meaningless this year but trust me that lots of kids don't have As. Many don't have access to technology or the time or the space at home. Many just stopped working who had Cs or Bs already.

I'm just anticipating the parent complaints when the kids realize that they can do 1/2 of the assignments for the next month and earn an A. The parents that wanted their teenagers to do more work are going to be battling with them.

Anyone who attempts a single 5 minute assignment (because that is what they typically take) per week will get an A. Not even do well, attempts. . Put your name on the paper once a week for this week and the next 4. A for you!
Go DCPS!

[Anonymous]

By "paper" i mean virtual paper.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grades will be meaningless for this entire year from DCPS. Almost anyone who showed up will have straight As.

It's going to be rough for high schoolers because colleges will see through this and will toss the entire year. They can't distinguish between applicants when every applicant from an entire city has As for a year.

I agree grades are meaningless this year but trust me that lots of kids don't have As. Many don't have access to technology or the time or the space at home. Many just stopped working who had Cs or Bs already.

I'm just anticipating the parent complaints when the kids realize that they can do 1/2 of the assignments for the next month and earn an A. The parents that wanted their teenagers to do more work are going to be battling with them.

Anyone who attempts a single 5 minute assignment (because that is what they typically take) per week will get an A. Not even do well, attempts. . Put your name on the paper once a week for this week and the next 4. A for you!
Go DCPS!

This is not our experience, at all, in middle school.My kid has a teacher who is insisting on grading like students are still in the building, going to class 5 days/week and is refusing to allow students to retake any work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grades will be meaningless for this entire year from DCPS. Almost anyone who showed up will have straight As.

It's going to be rough for high schoolers because colleges will see through this and will toss the entire year. They can't distinguish between applicants when every applicant from an entire city has As for a year.

I agree grades are meaningless this year but trust me that lots of kids don't have As. Many don't have access to technology or the time or the space at home. Many just stopped working who had Cs or Bs already.

I'm just anticipating the parent complaints when the kids realize that they can do 1/2 of the assignments for the next month and earn an A. The parents that wanted their teenagers to do more work are going to be battling with them.

Anyone who attempts a single 5 minute assignment (because that is what they typically take) per week will get an A. Not even do well, attempts. . Put your name on the paper once a week for this week and the next 4. A for you!
Go DCPS!

This is not our experience, at all, in middle school.My kid has a teacher who is insisting on grading like students are still in the building, going to class 5 days/week and is refusing to allow students to retake any work.

So you need to email administrators and the superintendent if they don’t respond. That is blatantly against the grading policy for third advisory.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grades will be meaningless for this entire year from DCPS. Almost anyone who showed up will have straight As.

It's going to be rough for high schoolers because colleges will see through this and will toss the entire year. They can't distinguish between applicants when every applicant from an entire city has As for a year.

I agree grades are meaningless this year but trust me that lots of kids don't have As. Many don't have access to technology or the time or the space at home. Many just stopped working who had Cs or Bs already.

I'm just anticipating the parent complaints when the kids realize that they can do 1/2 of the assignments for the next month and earn an A. The parents that wanted their teenagers to do more work are going to be battling with them.

Anyone who attempts a single 5 minute assignment (because that is what they typically take) per week will get an A. Not even do well, attempts. . Put your name on the paper once a week for this week and the next 4. A for you!
Go DCPS!

This is not our experience, at all, in middle school.My kid has a teacher who is insisting on grading like students are still in the building, going to class 5 days/week and is refusing to allow students to retake any work.

So you need to email administrators and the superintendent if they don’t respond. That is blatantly against the grading policy for third advisory.

I have, and pointed out that it's totally inconsistent with all the DCPS communication. It's like the teacher is punishing the students for remote learning.

[Anonymous]

My SWW high school student is working constantly. She also has tests. They are preparing for AP exams also. They were only allowed to make up two assignments for the 3rd advisory. I am glad that the school still has high expectations. I still have high expectations. If they are also counting the first two advisories at every school, how will every student end up with straight A's this school year? I hope that colleges don't disregard the grades for this year. My student is actually putting in a lot of work. From what I understand, almost all of the kids are working hard.