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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it grade inflation, or are the standards too low? Or a combination of both? I have no answer, although I've noticed the same thing about MCPS elementary schools.

Whichever it is, in our experience, there is grade inflation/lack of challenge in MCPS elementary schools but not in the high school AP-level classes and magnets. My kid at a MCPS high school magnet talks about these issues with BFFs at Sidwell, WIS and some other DC privates. DC's take is that DC spends many more hours doing homework, but it's harder to get As, in the high school magnet as opposed to these top privates. Take it for what it's worth, because it's a small sample size, although DC does have several years of observations at this point.  [/quote]

This is interesting, thank you, and good to know as my child(ten) progress through the system.  Looking back on it now, do you think your child would have been better educated/prepared/well-rounded if s/he had been challenged more in elem or do you think the timing of challenging courses later allowed for more extracurricular interests to develop in elem.  I guess what I am asking is, does it matter that your DC was the beneficiary of grade inflation in elem (or lack of challenging assignments) to what your DC is doing now? [/quote]

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