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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Transcripts do not have year end grades. That is not a thing in MCPS. Only semester grades.[/quote]

Thanks, PP.

That was my impression, too.

Which is why I was a little confused by MCPS Regulation IKA-RA on Grading and Reporting:
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/policy/detail.aspx?recID=224&policyID=IKA-RA&sectionID=9

The PDF of the most recent version of this regulation is here: https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/policy/pdf/master%20ika-ra.pdf

Toward the bottom of page 4 (of 19 pages in the PDF), it reads, in part:

e) The final course grade is determined by calculating the average of
the numeric grades from each marking period.
i. Missing work is assigned a numeric grade value of zero and
included in the calculation.
ii. For semester-long courses, the final grade is the average of
the two marking period grades. This is calculated by adding
the numeric grades from both marking periods and dividing
the sum by two.
[b]iii. For full-year courses (or courses spanning four marking
periods), the final grade is the average of all four numeric
grades, calculated by adding the grades and dividing the total
by four.[/b]

But then I didn't see anything corresponding to a full-year grade on DC's previous transcripts. I know they changed the grading policies in MCPS last year so I was wondering if this was a thing.

Thanks for your response. I'm going to assume semester grades are what matters and what colleges see.[/quote]

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