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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel you OP. My kid is just 1 point away in two different classes to a higher semester grade and without that he falls below the line for the college he’s hoping to go to. Both teachers have said no to redoing past assignments or additional assignments. And these are teachers he really loves. I respect the need to be stricter but all other teachers are opening assignments left and right for kids to get grades up. There also should be more nuance to grades vs. 79 is C and 80 is B. [/quote]

We should do away with letter grades altogether. Most countries just have numerical scores, some out of 20 (France), some out of 100 (East Asian nations).[/quote]

I would support that, but as an interim step MCPS should certainly add plus/minus to the current grading system.[/quote]

Then you'll have more people grade-grubbing to get above the next cutoff.

The solution is for gatekeepers to not take grades so seriously, and use relevant measures of readiness instead. [/quote]

100%.  Your kid graduating with a 3.7 GPA is not the end of the world.  It's ok to have a few Bs or, god forbid C's, on their transcript.[/quote]

I don't disagree, but when an 89 is a B and a 90 is an A, it feels inherently unfair. That's a 1 point difference. If it were B+ and A- it would be more reflective of the work. Better still would be to just list the percentage.[/quote]

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