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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It doesn’t feed in/average as a GPA but as a numerical percentage. An A (93 and above for the quarter/term) is a 100. (I know this sounds insane but it is true). A B+ is an 89. Most other grades calculate at the highest possible percentage for that grade.

So do the math - your kid can prob get a B-and still end up with an A because those 100s make a huge difference. [/quote]

This is false.  It averages quality points and always rounds up.  Your information hasn’t been accurate for quite some time in DCPS.

Ex:

A, B, B, B+
4.0 +3+3+3.3 =13.3
13.3/4=3.325.  And that is an A-.  This is where the true grade inflation exists.[/quote]

Wait, what? 3.325 is an A- ?[/quote]

Yup.  That is why grades are so high.  And honestly why they mean nothing.  A kid with the following grades also gets an A-
A-, A-, A-, B+

Doesn’t seem to push kids to try very hard.[/quote]
This really depends on the teacher. If the teacher never gives a grade above B, no math will get the year-end grade to an A-.[/quote]

What teacher never gives a grade above a B? Seems difficult to achieve with retakes, late work policy, floor of 50%, lowest grade on submitted work 63%, etc.  Your example is exceedingly rare.[/quote]
I’m talking about grades on individual assignments. Nothing stops a teacher from giving Bs on everything. The retake policy doesn’t stop that; you can’t retake a B. The 50% floor doesn’t stop that; 50% isn’t higher than a B. The 63% policy doesn’t stop that; 63% isn’t higher than a B. Where is the DCPS policy that forces a teacher to say an assignment is an A? There isn’t one.

Now maybe teachers give out a lot of As, but that’s their choice. Nothing in the DCPS grading policy forces teachers to give everyone (or anyone) an A. [/quote]

What are you talking about? If your child has teachers who are just “giving Bs” without using rubrics, or grading consistently as compared to other students you need to complain.  It seems like you have an axe to grind with someone at your kid’s school.  Students earn grades.  In a math class I would find it really difficult if a child got every multiple choice question right and every free response correct with correct work that the teacher just feels like giving a B.[/quote]

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