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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know OP wants to assume the worst possible motivations, or the laziest possible students, but the truth is that most classes don't have that many assignments.

One missed instruction, or misunderstanding, or just bad day doing homework, should not make a child unable to receive a passing (or even a good) grade for the quarter.

I have older kids, so I've seen this policy in action and it is actually good. It keeps kids motivated by making it clear that one bad day isn't going to tank their entire quarter. If you work hard on the other assignments, and make up the points that you can make up, you can still do well even if one assignment went poorly. [/quote]

I'm coming around to this opinion, too.  At least for now.  I hated it when I heard about it because I work really hard at home to instill the importance of turning in every assignment and doing the best she can., and I felt undermined by this policy.

But actually, they are still giving a grade of E on the assignment, which still has a substantial  impact on the final grade.  If she has 8 assignments during the term and gets a 95% on 7 and forgot one at home, resulting in a 50% on 1, she still has a high B for the quarter's total assignment grade.  That sounds about right to me.

There are things I hate about mcps grading but given the stress of last year and this year, I'm okay with this for now.[/quote]

Prior to COVID, the MCPS grading policy was if a child attempted an assignment or assessment then the child earned a minimum 50%.

Now the policy is 50% for no attempt.  Big difference.  50% for no attempt actually gives an incentive for low performing students to do 0 work on assignments.  There’s no difference of trying but falling short and not trying at all.

I think MCPS should go back to the old grading policy because it encouraged students to keep attempting to do school work.[/quote]

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