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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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GDS has what distribution?

I'd say 5% As, 60% Bs, and 35% Cs.  And they grade tougher the first trimester or beginning half of the class.  Room for improvement of course. Or the old, You have more potential and could have done better than this. [/quote]

I have no connection to GDS, but without some more evidence than a random person's assertion on this board, I don't believe this in the slightest.  There's no way GDS, the cuddliest of the Big 3, is giving out 7 times as many Cs as As in its classes.[/quote]

That's fine, same implies to your assertion based on a cuddly reputation.

My impression of going through two different Big 5 college app processes (incl GDS) and learning about the general GPA distribution and obviously our kids' grades on work and classes is that, yes, Cs are given out 7x as frequently as As in those schools.

Bulk of work gets a B-, B, or B+.  Many teachers only give out B+ as a highest grade on graded, handed in work, but class grade may be based on improvement, trend, and/or final force rankings. again, As rare. GDS.[/quote]

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