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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm reading a lot about grade inflation and easy A's at in AP classes. I have no idea what school district or specific schools you are talking about, but that's not happening at my kids school. There are no easy "A"s in AP classes[/quote]

I have noticed that a lot (one or a few?) private school parents come on here to bash the public school system for grade inflation (ironic the article states that this is more prevalent in private schools).  [b]I never saw grade inflation at my children's MCPS.[/b]  My kids were prepared very well for college by their high school, and I feel very thankful and blessed that I was able to send my children to the public school they attended.  At the same time, I believe that being well prepared for college may also depend upon a person's personality (maybe personality is the wrong word here?)-- do they like school?  do they work hard? do they care about school? etc.  There are some kids who simply hate school and will not be prepared for college no matter what we do for them.  [/quote]

What the F are you smoking lady?  MCPS is known everywhere in the DMV and by all Maryland college admissions to be the most inflated.

1. No final exams anymore since kids were doing so bad
2. Retakes on tests are allowed. The test scores aren't even combined.  The 2nd score is the final score.  Get a 64 on first test and a 90 on the second.  You get a 90.  
3. Projects, papers, and homework can be turned in late without penality
4. They have a weighted country-wide grade policy. No number grades are submitted to colleges for 100 point scale.  All letter grades.  A+B will always equal A for a semester. So a 79.5 + 89.5 always equals an A?  In MCPS - absolutely!! 
5. They give an entire GPA point for AP classes. So that 79.5 and 89.5 now all of a sudden equal a 5.0 on the GPA scale.
6. They give an entire GPA point higher for honors classes. Same as above
7. Most kids minus remedial are taking at least 2 honors courses Freshman year.  Honors courses in MCPS are basic courses.  There is nothing honors about them.
8. You are allowed to take college AP courses as a freshman and are unlimited the entire 4 years.

You have honestly have to be the biggest idiot to not get honor roll every semester at a MCPS school.  This helps lazy kids and punishes the hard working kids.  Nothing to distinguish between a child that gets a 97 and a 95 for their semester when a kid that gets a 79.5 and a 89.5 gets the SAME EXACT grade sent to college admissions.  It is impossible for them to weed out the kids who are high achievers.  Yes, certain tracks are tougher but barely scraping by getting A's and clearly mastering the class is two very different things.  Having kids that are high achieving it is a terrible policy.  But MCPS rather hide behind a grading table than a 100 point scale.  They teach kids to find ways to master the system then to show colleges they have actually mastered the class.  
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