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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]GPA is not a standardized metric, period. We need to stop pretending that it is.

Do colleges treat it as standardized? I don't know, though the degree to which they rely on GPA, and even grades more broadly, will vary by college. It's just not a useful comparison between students. Perhaps colleges do have some minimum they look for in terms of grades and rigor, and then move on, though meeting a minimum qualification bar does not reveal which students are more academically (or intellectually) skilled than others.[/quote]

At my DS's school, there is a lot of "completion" homework or homework that is not difficult. What's difficult and graded in a less forgiving way, are the papers and tests. If you're doing what is expected (keeping up, listening in class, turning in your work on time), you should be able to get a B in a standard (not AP) class. It's hard to get an A, and the classes are challenging across the board. For example, DS's highest grade right now is math, but he's really struggling with the expectations in language arts.

I don't know how other schools do it, but that's just one example. [/quote]

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