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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The above is not how DCPS calculates the grade.  They publish a manual but it is odd.

They award a 96 for an A…I don’t know the number they award a B- but the guide should have it.

So you would take 96*3 plus the number for the B- and divide by 4.

I do know that 3 A- and one A equals A.  Two B+ and two As = A.

They do round up…I think the 3 A- and 1 A is 92.5 which rounds up to 93 which is an A.[/quote]

Is this 2016 Beacon article about the system you are describing?

[url]https://thejackson-reedbeacon.com/6703/news/automatic-calculations-of-final-grades-concerns-teachers/[/url][/quote]

Thank for posting the article -- if it's from 2016, is it really still accurate?  My understanding from reading the DCPS published grade reporting policy is that the numerical scale only matters for coverting a students' term performance into a term letter grade.  Such as, anything from a 90% - 92% performance for the term becomes an A-.   But after that, the term letter grade is converted to a grade point value on a 4 point scale which is all that is used for computing the final letter grade after four terms.

https://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/publication/attachments/Secondary-Grading-and-Reporting-Policy-8621.pdf (page 4), see also http://dcrules.elaws.us/dcmr/5-e2200.

For example, three A-'s and one C+ would be valued at (3.7 x 3.7 + 3.7 + 2.3) = 13.4, and 13.4 divided by 4 = 3.35 = a final grade of A-.

In contrast, based on the 2016 article, each term grade is converted to its highest possible numerical value regardless of what the actual score was.  So three A-'s and one C+ would be 92 + 92 + 92 + 79 = 355, and 355 divided by 4 = 88.75 which only rounds up to an 89 or a final grade of B+.  
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