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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is probably just wishful thinking, but they just started an audit of high school honors classes earlier this year to make sure that only rigorous ones get an honors designation, right?  Is that maybe a positive sign that the tide is turning towards having more advanced classes available?  [/quote]

hahaha... you got a lot to learn about mcps but that was a good one. [/quote]

Sorry, could you say more?  Are you saying you think the audit/honors designation changes are just about combatting GPA inflation but not evidence of a broader position on advanced coursework (could definitely be true, IMO)?  Or do you mean something else? [/quote]

Teachers will still be getting pressure from assistant principals to commit grade fraud by raising failing grades to passing grades. That pressure is always going to be there. That doesn't address honors designation, but it is one indicator that grades will be manipulated despite what the superintendent might declare in public meetings.[/quote]

Okay sure, I don't doubt that, but frankly I care way more about increasing the chances that my kids get to take classes that are actually challenging than whether other people's kids get barely-passing grades rather than failing grades....[/quote]

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