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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s worrisome for strong students. If everyone has an A in APS grades will quickly be meaningless. Having a 4.0 in APS will mean nothing at all. Ugh. [/quote]

FCPS has a modification of the policy that aps adopted at the beginning of the school year and they do not seem to have issues getting people into colleges. FCPS schools are ranked in the highest in the state, many above aps schools.[/quote]

At my kids FCPS, it is optional to allow retake but you can’t retake to more than an 80. I do think that student grades under the “retake to an A” policy will be viewed suspiciously. If colleges know about it. [/quote]

Of course colleges already know about it. And at my DSs FCPS high school each course can decide their own retake policy. So all FCPS schools have to allow a retake to an 80 and then each course can decide if they want to go above it or stay with the 80. All retakes have to be offered and completed in two weeks with some exceptions. Also in FCPS, any work that is a reasonable attempt cannot get a zero. You must receive above a 50%. Only work that is not handed in can receive a zero. So FCPS has a more lenient grading policy than aps and has had one for years. Those kids have not gotten lazy and no one in FCPS has accused kids of making a mockery of the system. They have passed tons of AP exams, been national merit semi finalists, won science, history, literary, annd quiz bowl awards, etc etc.  I don’t think the previous aps retake policy was a travesty. Yes- there could have been data driven revisions this summer, but ending it mid year based on teacher comments is not necessarily a transparent decision.[/quote]

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