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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will never to this day not understand why MCPS doesn't do 100 grading system.  No letters.  No inflated block system. Stop padding kids and letting kids work the system

Just a number grade every quarter. 
A final each semester counts for 10% of each semester grade.  
One quiz retake each quarter and it divides the two grades 
0.5 for honors classes 
1.0 bump for AP  if you get least a 3 on the AP exam 
0.5 bump for AP you get a 1 or 2 on the AP exam or don't take[/quote]

Because this is a bad idea. Kids are learning. Sure, you may have some pet experiment you want to conduct but this isn't really a problem. [/quote]

This is what many privates and other public school districts do.

MCPS inflated grading system, no averages, free retakes, full GPA point for “honors” courses,  no finals, and no + and - grades are an anomaly.  It is not preparing kids for college and adulthood [/quote]

Sounds like MCPS is more interested in kids gaining mastery of the content whereas the others are more interested in artificial rankings.[/quote]

Exactly, MCPS goal is to educate so the emphasis is on content mastery, not artificial rankings.[/quote]
yes, if they get 50% for doing 25% work, that means they gained mastery of the concept.  LOL[/quote]

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