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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Between MCPS absolutely ridiculous grading scale and the fact that they are not allowed to administer final exams, it’s a wonder those kids are prepared for college.  And it’s absurd that MCPS students are compared to students from schools that have strict grading scales, no test retakes, homework graded for accuracy and no weighting for honors/AP classes.[/quote]

Test retakes are why my oldest failed out of university. Smart young man with zero study skills or time management. I vividly recall him saying in 9th through 12th how such and such bad score didn't matter because he'd be able to retake it. How such and such missed assignment didn't matter because he'd turn it in later for full credit. He was sent off to university with the executive functions of a elementary student.

This is defrauding parents and I wish parents would call it out as a scam. But nobody wants to admit the As their kid has are fake.

His siblings were put in private school. Hard lesson. The oldest still hasn't gone back to finish college and probably never will.

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APS was absolutely ridiculous.  My kids had classmates in middle school that didn't even start work or bother with until past deadlines because they knew they could turn it in late and still get an A...and if they weren't given an A they could keep correcting it until they reached an A.

My kids always did their work on time with no interference with us. But, post-Covid we saw our 8th grader start falling into the slack category.

He is now a Freshmen (older brother a Junior) and I was so pleased to be at a school where you need to be prepared for class.  There may be a pop quiz.  You are expected to contribute to discussions.  You do not get credit for late assignments.  They are understanding for true/legit reasons (which are very rare), but they hold the kids accountable.  Not to mention the rigor is much greater.

They also run the high school like college from Day 1.  The way the exam weeks are held.  The percentage of grade from Final Exams, etc.  The firstborn was really thrown back with Finals at midterms and how he needed to go back and study everything he had learned so far...and it was a considerate portion of his grade.

I have no doubt they will be 100% prepared for college.  I have been told by a few profs I know and other adults that kids from children's school were always some of the best performers at the universities.  [/quote]

If you have a kid that is willing to do the bare minimum it could be an issue.  My kid would never want to waste time taking a retake.  They were too busy with other things.  I think they used to option once or twice in the 4 years.  I guess I would have had to look at private options if I saw it happening.  DC is at a top college and doing fine.  [/quote]

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