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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up in Montgomery County and went through MCPS at a W school and I felt like I got a very good education. I am currently sending my kids to a very highly regarded elementary school that feeds to a W school, and I don't think the education quality is as good as when I was a kid.

The teachers give out As much more frequently now. My son gets all As and occasionally a B or two, but he tests pretty average in the MAP testing.  He never got lower than an A until 3rd grade.  I always tested extremely high in all standardized tests (like in the 90th percentile), and I never got straight As a single time during my time in MCPS, and I got a lot of Bs. Only people who were truly the smartest kids in my class got straight As.

I find the grade inflation frustrating because its hard to know what areas my son needs to work on when he is always getting good grades.  I know he struggles with certain things, like multiplication and division, but it doesn't show up in his report cards. I find I have to be very involved so I can see for myself what areas he needs work on.

So overall, yes, if I could afford a high quality private school, I would probably send them to it.  [/quote]

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