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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Math is not my strongest area but how did 2 As followed by an F equal a final grade of an A?[/quote]

If you got 2 A's in your quarters, you could get a A, B or C in final exam (which could not be manipulated by teachers and school admins)  and would end up with an A, or you could get a D or a failing grade of E and still get a B on the semester.   It was deeply flawed because there was no accountability of how the grades were given during the quarter to the students by the teachers.

[u]In the past[/u] -  The final exam was never a problem. The exam was set by the MCPS central office and it was the same for all students taking that course in the entire county.  However, many of the students with inflated grades were failing this final exam, so instead of solving the problem of students not grasping content and not being taught well - they just removed the final exam.
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/departments/sharedaccountability/0301.16_OptionsForGrading9_8_webFinal.pdf

[u]In the present[/u] - Its a party. All students are getting A's because they get 10% for turning in their homework, and then there is rampant cheating, grade inflation, easy tests/projects/presentations etc so that everyone seems to be doing well. Except when they have to take other[b] standardized tests administered by outside agencies[/b].    This is precisely what the WaPo article was about. These kids are becoming stupider because now they don't even have to pretend to take a final exam.

My suggestion to take the score of 1 quarter and the final exam to make a semester grade will be easiest to implement, and more accurate as to the student's ability, with enough margin to not penalize a student who did slightly poorly in one of these two scores. [/quote]

Correction. Referring to MAP, ACT, SAT, PARCC, APs, IBs[/quote]

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