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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok.  Everyone is disappointed when their hard working student does not get into a desired college.   That is true across the board.[/quote]
Yes, but private school parents seem to be blaming the private school, as if paying for the $$ private school should mean they should get special treatment.[/quote]

I have no dog in this fight but it seems the position of the private schools is that their kids with lower GPAs are being evaluated more harshly. Like the appropriate adjustments are not being made for the rigor of the grading. [/quote]

This. My kid has been in public and private. Public school was not rigorous (even though it’s one of the “top area public schools). My kid’s gpa would be much higher in public. Maybe colleges were never really distinguishing between the rigor of schools or mandatory SATs disguised this.[/quote]

The public school applicants have AP scores to validate their grades. If we're talking about public school kids applying to the type of schools the OP think he kid deserves to attend, you are talking about a lot of 4s and 5s in classes with curriculums that are supposed to be consistent across all schools offering the course. [/quote]

Is it MCPS where you get an 82 one semester and a 92 the next and they end up with an A for the year? That’s the crazy grade inflation I’m talking about.[/quote]

One semester with 2 quizzes worth 20 points. 
Another semester with 3 quizzes each worth 20 points

But you want them want each semester to be weighed equally...[/quote]

Give me a break. Then give equal amount of work for each semester since (kicker) they are for the same length of time. :roll: [/quote]

You too can scroll through several years of ParentVue data like I am. It isn't always an equal amount of work. And that isn't really the issue. Succinctly - there is no slam dunk argument there. We can can all see that there is grade inflation on a macro scale. GPAs across the board are too high. It may be time to start using scales again. If everyone scores over 90% then maybe 90% is not an "A" [/quote]

If more and more students are scoring 90+ than ever before then it could be argued that our schools (plus all the YouTube tutors) are doing a better job of teaching? That would be a win win for our communities since we are getting better prepared young people.

But if you have an emotional need to feel like you are somehow better than the family next door then I suppose that would bother you a lot[/quote]

We are not “doing better” when you compare historical results and international results  We have just dumbed. down the metrics[/quote]

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