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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I keep hearing about grade inflation and I'm trying to understand it.  I'm not sure how MCPS does it, but in FCPS, they instituted a policy during the pandemic whereby you could not earn below a 50, but a 50 is still an F.  FCPS has always had a policy whereby if you earned below and 80 on a test, you could retake it -- but the most you could get was an 80 on it, even if you aced the retake.  An 80 is a B- and a 79 is a C+.  My DD had an A in her AP Bio class, but she got a 50% on her last exam, which dropped her grade to a B+.  So how I "grade inflation" leading to 4.5 GPAs?  Some on DCUM have claimed that the AP exams and SATs are now rigged with grade inflation -- how do you know that?  Some on DCUM claim to be professors and noted that kids are dumber than ever -- are there any data to prove this?  And then DCUM will talk about grade inflation in college and how that is leading to unprepared professionals.  Where are the data?  Anecdotally, I think kids these days are way more intelligent than I ever was -- my kids work much harder for their grades, and they are better critical thinkers.  The young people I work with are super-talented.[/quote]

Your DD got a 50 on the exam and still ended up with a B+.  There’s your example of grade inflation.[/quote]

Averages! How do they work?  No one knows![/quote]

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