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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no grade deflation going on that I have heard of[/quote]
Clearly you haven't read the threads where people are reporting that certain teachers at "Big 3"-type schools literally don't give out any As, and the best possible grade is A-/B+.[/quote]

That is not grade deflation unless they are purposely curving down the grades after the fact. If those are the grades the students earned, I don't see any problem with it.

I do see a problem with a student earning a 97% and curving that down to a 93% because the teacher "does not give any A's"

Parents complain about everything under the sun on this forum - not all of it is worthwhile to complain about. [/quote]

You don’t get it.  Grade deflation = work that would get A+in public schools or second tier privates getting an A- or B+.  Kids that get 1600 SATS and 5s on all their APs struggling to hold onto an 3.7 unweighted GPA. [/quote]

So earning an A+ is now the expectation? I'm of the generation that "B" meant "good work." These days, anything less than an A in private schools is deemed grade deflation, when these schools are preserving the traditional grade of A=excellent, B=good, C=satisfactory, etc.[b] Also, teachers include many factors in their grades, not just mastery of the material. There's daily preparation, participation in class, group work, meeting deadlines, etc. Standardized tests don't measure these factors, so, you know, apples and oranges.[/b][/quote]

What the heck are you saying?
It's this kind of bullsh$%t reply that makes DCUM so maddening.

My kid is in a hard history class at a Big3 school.  The grading is based entirely (100%) on the results of exams (2 per quarter plus a midterm).  Nothing else.  [/quote]

My kid's grade in her U.S. History class (junior) at a Big 3 school includes their participation, homework, essays, and quizzes and tests.[/quote]

and your point is?
The previous poster was proclaiming that teachers grade in a certain manner.  Which just isn't true for all teachers, including all teachers at the Big3 . [/quote]

My point was that you can't always compare performance on standardized tests with a student's grades because there are other factors involved in determining the latter. Are you always this dismissive and condescending?[/quote]

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