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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is starting college in pre-calc that he took in 12th grade. He’s always been a terrible math student but his grades reflected that (mostly low Cs). But at least his private school was completely honest with us. His public MS gave him straight As in math including algebra 1 in 8th grade. When he took the algebra 1 placement test at his private HS, he failed miserably. There’s a lot of grade fraud going on in public education. [/quote]
I don’t doubt you but how can you fake or inflate an algebra grade? I get it for other subjects. But isn’t Algebra a standard course? If you can’t solve X problems, you don’t get an A. I’m not being funny. I’m not American so maybe I’m confused. [/quote]

How? When students can retake assessments, they can get higher grades. Many students use the first assessment as a feeler for the retake. Add in that students are trained to not expect just one assessment and watch out when they get to college when that’s all they get. [/quote]

No good student is doing that. Retake grades top out at a 90%/A-, and that's for a 100%. The good students get As the first time around [/quote]

A 90% is still an A. And MCPS doesn't do plus or minuses, so the 90% grade looks the same as the kid who got 98%.[/quote]

My kids' FCPS school allows one retake with the maximum being a 90%. FCPS uses a 100 point scale, but translates a 90 into an A-. That all assumes the kid will get a 100% on the retake. If they miss a single question, then it's a B+. [/quote]

Part of me is pissed that my DC’s FCPS School caps re-take grades at 80% while other FCPS schools allow up to 90% on re-takes. Totally unfair when some schools like UVA look more at GPA. One bad test hurts my kid more than others.

Part of me feels glad knowing that my DC’s grade more accurately reflects their understanding.[/quote]

Your DC's grade is less accurate. Learning it by an arbitrary deadline is not the important part of learning. [/quote]

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