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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD has been at A in Calculus BC until last few tests and now is finding it very difficult and in last 2 tests has scored between 80 - 82 / 100 which is bringing her overall percentage down. How are kids finding Calculus BC at TJ? Any tips/help would be appreciated. Thank you [/quote]
Correct me if I'm mistaken, but 80-82/100 is very good, I don't see a big issue. That would correlate to an easy 5 on the AP BC exam, since the bar for 5 is around 65%. [b]I believe teacher should curve an 82 to A- or A, at least this is how it was at my magnet school.[/b][/quote]

Buahahahaha. No, they don't curve like that; I wished many times they did.
-TJ alumn[/quote]
That's too bad. TJ teachers should know that focusing on small grading trivialities leads to crazy amount of stress and just kills the joy of learning which everyone knows is inversely proportional to the amount of focus on grading/testing.

And.. before others start shouting that curving will reduce rigor, let me just say that it's definitely possible to have a high bar with difficult material but also give students room to make mistakes. It happens all the in college courses where students have more breathing room to fail but still learn a lot of material.[/quote]

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