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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]

NP---her DD got a 50 on ONE SINGLE exam.  So that is not grade inflation.  DD obviously had a strong A going into that exam, so the exam was likely 15-20% of the grade and pulled her grade down. That is not grade inflation.  That is just simple math.  I hope you realize that kids can earn As in courses with a B on one or two exams.  That is why most education systems have multiple midterms, a quiz/hw section, a participation section/group work, and a final. The syllabus indicates the percentages at the start.  So it's mathematically easy to calculate the grade you need on the final to get whatever grade you want in the final course. 
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