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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]yes, MCPS has the worst grade inflation in the DMV.  It's ridiculous.  You have to be basically  checked out to not do extremely well.

Colleges know but it doesn't correct everything.  [/quote]

It depends. Sure if you take honors (i.e. regular classes) it's pretty easy. Some students though sign-up for more rigorous programs and even take APs to boot.[/quote]

You only have to get an 89.5 one quarter and a 79.5 the next to get an A.  That in an of itself is INSANE grade inflation.  [/quote]

Is this true?? When I was in high school (yes, it was 20 years ago but still!) an 89 was a B and a 79 was a C so how would these average out to an A??[/quote]

In what world does an 89.5 round down to 89? Or a 79.5 round down to 79? An 89.5 rounds to 90, which in a system without A- grades is an A, 4.0, and a 79.5 rounds to 80, which is a B, 3.0, and when you average 4.0 and 3.0 you get a 3.5, which rounds up to a 4, which is an A.

All this grade calculation is not the real source of grade inflation, either. The source of grade inflation is teachers giving As to “good enough” work, rather than reserving As for excellent work. But we all know why they do it: DCUMs will make their lives miserable if little Larlo doesn’t have straight As on everything all the time. Send your kid to a school where the teachers give more Cs than As, and the dreaded “grade inflation” disappears. [/quote]

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