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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Great, more dumbing down and regression to the mean.  These kids are bing set-up for failure. [b]My DC had a staggering number of kids drop out of their AP classes the past few weeks[/b], either because the kids couldn’t handle them or were too afraid of messing up their perfect GPAs.  
MCPS isn’t helping kids by lowering the standards. So glad this is our last year in the system. [/quote]
Our HS has had a ridiculous number of schedule changes for kids dropping from AP to Honors and Honors to on-level classes. I think this year's 11th graders have been particularly hard-hit with an overestimation of their readiness for challenging classes. They spent 9th grade on-line with no real accountability for what they actually learned. Last year in 10th grade they had overly generous grading policies that inflated their grades. 11th grade is when many students try to take AP courses for the first time in several classes, and they have been encouraged by counselors to "challenge themselves".

I teach an 11th grade Honors course. In the past 4 weeks I've had almost 30% of my students dropped from my rosters and 40% students added due to schedule changes (not specifically because they were changing levels in my subject). Big time bailout of AP classes - Language, World History, Statistics/Calculus, Science, Language. Also a lot of dropping levels in math, social studies, and science. The actual balance between number of AP/Honors/on-level sections needed is now closer to the pre-covid normal. But we started the year with more sections of higher level courses than usual. We are going to have to shift teachers and # of sections of different courses for semester B because class sizes are so unbalanced now.

Changing the grading policy may make parents and students feel better, but it won't change the underlying problem of student readiness for independent studying.[/quote]

+1 Given that students still have gaps in learning from the pandemic closures - especially in math - shouldn’t all be reassessed and reassigned so they are In appropriate classes? Leave the number of assignments and grading to teachers. It’s difficult to have a blanket policy that is appropriate for all students and courses.

Final exams were removed due to the supposed stress argument. The flip side of loosing cumulative exams is that there’s no data points to demonstrate the overall course material students have mastered.[/quote]

Please don't start with this again! Yes, some kids who goofed off fell behind but not everyone. Seriously, find a hobby.[/quote]

I guess you missed the last Board of Education meeting. Gaps in learning still exist and MCPS is still struggling to come up with a plan. It’s hard to say kids were goofing off when the curriculum was cut to make up for 1/5 less instructional time. Cumulative subjects like foreign language and math had whole units cut with no plan on how to fill in the gaps as students were passed on to the next level. That’s why so many students are struggling and therefore stressed.[/quote]

parents who were self-absorbed and ignored their children fell behind [/quote]
 :roll: [/quote]

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