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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If most students attain an A, then there is no way to differentiate between students and grades become meaningless.[/quote] I said most should be able to attain it. Whether they do or not depends on whether they put in the required effort. Many won’t. [/quote] "A" is supposed to be the top of the crop. "B" is still "above average" and "C" is "average." So, actually, MOST students should be getting D's - B's (covering the average range). That's just not how the grading system in this country is actually applied. I had an 8th grade social studies teacher who actually used the Bell curve for grading. Every quiz, every test, he put the scores up on the board, drew the curve, and marked off where the A's, B's, C's, D's, and yes-believe-it-or-not-F's were. So theoretically, you could score a 70 and get an "A." Whether one agrees with this approach or not, theoretically, this is what an "A" should reflect - a top performing student. While I think grades should reflect specific levels of achievement, I do also believe truly top and outstanding students should be distinguished somehow. Not all straight "A" students are equal, and not all 4.0's are the same. There are subjective aspects to just about any grading system and different factors reflected - ie, dropping a middle school grade for a high school class v. someone who did not; someone dropping band because the "A" was dragging down there GPA; a straight-A student whose interests and talents lean toward the arts and takes more of those classes of which there aren't AP options, instead of other APs as additional electives; etc. [/quote]
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