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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can find information on grading policies here:
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/info/grading/

https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/policy/pdf/ikara.pdf

You also need to understand how the official grades for the semester are determined from the quarter grades.  This is from 2016-17, but I think it is still current.
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/high-schools/k-q/qohs/mark_pattern.pdf

Here are some articles providing background information if you’re interested:

https://mocoshow.com/2024/01/29/change-to-50-percent-rule-marks-shift-in-mcps-grading-trends/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/one-of-nations-largest-school-districts-ditches-high-school-final-exams/2015/09/08/49cf5810-561e-11e5-b8c9-944725fcd3b9_story.html

Basically, much of the homework is not graded, but is simply checked for completion.  Homework that is graded can’t receive less than 50%, unless it’s not done at all.  Tests can be retaken for a higher grade.  Finals were abolished when too many students were failing their finals.

MCPS is so invested in their reputation as “one of the best school systems in the nation”, that the grading system is designed to obfuscate any evidence to the contrary.  It is less a tool to communicate an accurate reflection of a student’s level of achievement than to hide their lack thereof.

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This is insane.  According to this if you get an A first marking period and a B second marking period.  You get an A.  So you could have a 90 and then an 80%.  In what world does that equal an A??[/quote]

Anywhere you make a cutoff is an arbitrary choice. Not important.

What's insane is that 90+80 is a higher letter grade than 89+89.

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