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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are new to MCPS and assuming everyone has all As in all subjects. Sucks the joy out of it.[/quote]

Do you want a curve? Why?

I get that the assumption is grade inflation. But ES is not hard, and this is an educated area: at least in theory, everybody could have mastered the grade standards. Should they not then have As for hitting that mark?[/quote]

If everyone is hitting the mark, the mark is too low. [/quote]

Then you need to go private. MCPS grading regulations specifically prohibits curves. https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/policy/pdf/ikara.pdf

"The following grading practices are prohibited: ...
b) Forcing grades into a normal frequency distribution or any other
kind of curve that compares students in relation to others."[/quote]

And there we have it, that private school admission human. The thread was started by a private school, as usual.[/quote]

Actually, no-OP here, and I just wondered if all my kid's academic deficiencies have magically disappeared or if grading was lighter.  But not sure why people from outside of MCPS are responding--that was not the infomation I wanted to gather from the post.[/quote]

MCPS Elementary parent here, and my kid has gotten a fair number of Bs.  Older child in middle school got all As in ES, but to be fair, is a super bright kid who scores in the 99th percentile on MAP-M or MAP-R; so I can't say it was grade inflation.  Younger kid still in ES is genuinely what I would call a solid B student.  Maybe this school dependent but I feel like their grades are pretty fair.  Also, there are lots of objective assessments that go into the grades (math quizzes, vocabulary quizzes) so the final quarter grades do have some basis in reality.[/quote]

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