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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not all schools have grade inflation. That'a actually a benefit of many private schools. They don't inflate grades so colleges have a better read on an applicant. No retakes means their students get what they get. No need to try to figure out of the grade is the result of multiple attempts.[/quote]

Unless there has been a more recent study, grade inflation is worse in independent schools than public schools

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/grade-inflation-is-greater-in-wealthier-schools-study-says/2017/08#:~:text=Private%20independent%20(not%20religious)%20schools,3.26%20to%203.28%20(0.6%20percent)[/quote]

The gist of this - that grade inflation is more rampant in well-educated areas seems intuitive. There was a recent post about a kid who came down with a fever in school and took a test and his mom was going to email his advisor to see if he could retake. That sort of parent advocacy isn’t happening on the whole at low-performing schools.

Saying that, I bet these stats skew by zip code more than private v public.  Would love to see someone break that out.[/quote]

But doesn't living in a well educated area also mean its possible that there really are a higher number of kids capable on getting As? I mean, there are a lot of really, really smart and well educated kids in the DC areas.  I am not at all surprised if more kids get As around here.  [/quote]

YES!!! My HS has 600+ Seniors, and typically 300+ have 3.5+ UW gpa.  Avg Sat is over 1350 (pre covid when everyone took it).  Many of those 300+ are taking 4+ (many 10+) AP courses but dont' get any weight for them.  So yes kids who live in richer households/households with a higher education level tend to do better academically, simply because they grow up in an environment that expects it and provides resources for it (tutoring, academic camps, being read too since they were tiny, etc)[/quote]

If this reasoning were correct, grades at a top private would be similarly scaled high, but they aren’t.  It’s all an issue of how rigorous grading and expectations  are.[/quote]

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