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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Which has more grade deflation for the same work/same level of performance on an exam or an essay (at the high school level):

NCS
STA
Potomac
Sidwell

What percent of the class gets As, A-s, B+, B on average in classes at each school?

Most Northeast (Boston) private schools give 25% full As, and center around A-/high B+ so that if you do the work you are in the A/A- range.

Is that true of the 4 schools above?  (I am not including GDS, or MCPS, or FCPS because these have different distributions).

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I'm a parent and it doesn't bother me. My daughter has received only a handful of As. She's wildly proud when she does because it means something. We, as a family, don't stress when she gets Bs though. W

As are REALLY difficult at NCS.  A girl can do all the work and do it exceptionally well and still end up with a B+/A-.  A teacher will routinely assign a paper and give a B+ as the highest grade. 
STA is far more straightforward.  Boys who study and do the work do well.  There are few teacher who are exceptions to (and are notoriously stingy graders who will max out a paper under an A) this but by-in-large it's possible to do well with a decent amount of effort. 
I have high schoolers at both schools. 
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Note this is not a positive culture and parents in the US are starting to acknowledge and talk about it.[/quote][/quote]

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