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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Definitely not coming back.

2 of ours are in college now, after graduating from MCPS, 1 still in an MCPS HS.  For the top kids, they know for every exam what they need for their A (can get a 59 on some assessment for example). For the bottom, they don't care.  So exam scores weren't good and that was bad optics for MCPS.

Because teachers give a rubric, kids are taught how to game the system - do the minimum to get the maximum[b]

Our college kids (one in private one at an OOS flagship) are doing great, one will to graduate summa cum laude amd the other expects to do the same.[/quote]

[b]That isn’t how rubrics work[/b].

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Yes, it is.  Kid has a 96.2, has an assessment worth 15% of their grade, they can and do, do the math, and figure out they need xx on the assessment and can skip the rest of the 10% homework assigments and still get an 89.6, which equals an A in MCPS.

Rubric lays it all out for them[/quote]

That’s a problem of the course grading structure and not one of the teacher using a rubric.

Rubrics ensure fairness. Jane and Jalil are graded on the same criteria as Jack.

Rubrics also ensure students are aware of how they will be graded.

School systems can alter grading structures so that half finished assignments and missing hw will not result in an A. That is independent of the U.S. if a rubric.[/quote]

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