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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of the drivers for why MCPS is worse than other school systems is the attitude that getting bad grades will make kids feel bad.

MCPS is very against actually grading kids because they believe bad grades will destroy a child's confidence. They also know that getting bad grades will invite more parents to seek services if their child has a learning disability. For higher SES families, a child coming home with bad grades results in more studying at home, tutors and work to get the grades up. In lower SES families, it usually results in a child not getting any additional help and later dropping out. From the MCPS standpoint - it better if no one learns than see an increase in the achievement gap if more higher SES students do better. Grade inflation in MCPS is all about keeping MCPS employees happy and everyone blissfully ignorant that everyone is doing a great job.

It works if your kid stays in MCPS for their entire K-12 experience but they are in for a rude awakening. [/quote]

That is truly awful. We are one of the richest counties in the entire world and that’s what you get for all that money ? 
My kids go to private. [/quote]

It certainly doesn’t make MCPS teachers happy. But parents have to take responsibility too. I work in the system and I can’t tell you how many times parents have complained that their child was graded too harshly. I think too many teachers give in to that pressure, which creates a culture where others think they need to do the same to protect their child. But of course they’re not protecting their child at all. Special ed is a disgrace in MCPS. So many kids don’t get services who should, and so many rich kids with privately done tests sail through the process. But honestly, the services aren’t so great even if you do get them, which is why the rich kids still add on tutoring and outside OT and speech therapy etc. [/quote]

My DD went to a hard private school with another girl. Hard meaning if you didn’t work your read off they would give you bad grades. It was very hard to earn an A.

The other girl was toward the bottom of the class -  she would get some B’s and C’s . Teachers thought that she wasn’t too bright. She switched to a W school and is taking honors classes and is getting A’s.

Plus you would think that MCPS gets tons of money because many people pay taxes but send their kids to private schools? [/quote]

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