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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In MCPS, if quarter 1 grade is an A and quarter 2 grade is a B - then the semester grade is an A, correct? And only semester grades go on the transcript or are used to calculate GPA, correct? Do kids just slack off in Q2/4 if they've already received an A the previous quarter?[/quote]
HS teacher here. It depends on the student. Most students who care about their grades and who are placed in appropriate level classes work equally hard all year long. In 11th and 12th grade when students are stretching themselves and taking a rigorous course load they definitely balance the quarters. They start aiming for all As, but near the end of 1st they may make some strategic decisions about focusing on some classes to get As, and accepting Bs in the others. Then in 2nd they shift focus to gets As in the other classes so their semester grades are all As. Are there kids with 4.0 GPAs who have never had 4.0 quarters? Yup.

At the other end, I will never bump up grades in the 1st or 3rd quarters and am not flexible about taking work past deadlines. If I bump a D to a C, I won’t see that kid most of 2nd and 4th quarter because they figure they have a guaranteed D. If I bump a C to a B because “I want to get an A for the semester” in reality the kid will barely scrape a C and end up with a B on their transcript.[/quote]

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