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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think a 50 makes sense. Why are elementary grades only 1-4 (why did they get rid of the five) and yet grades in high should range from 0-100?  It never made sense. 50-100 is a reasonable range and it’s even. 50 is F. 60 is D. 70 is D. 80 is B. 90 is A. Except I think actually FCPS starts their D to A at the 4 so there is actually a 14 point spread from F to D. [/quote]

A 50% makes sense for someone who doesn't turn in any work? My kid doesn't turn in homework and gets a 50%? No, my kid turned in nothing, that is a 0% because they did 0 work. 0-59% is an F. It is a wider grade range but it allows for people to receive what they actually earn. Turn in nothing and earn nothing. [/quote]

But that makes no sense.  Its still failing.  If you HAVE to have a zero than the top score should be a 50. Turning it in but not doing it correctly isn't worth 55 points. And tests are done in school so you have to do them. Also in high school if you aren't keeping up with the work they ask you to drop the class, so Grandma I'm not sure why you are so hung up on the turning in of assignments. When you were growing up you likely had easier assignments (my son's assignments are harder than what I had in high school and we both took honors and AP courses) and likely your teacher allowed you to turn an assignment or two in late or gasp didn't even grade some assignments. The grading metric never made sense with the 0-100 range. You'd have to fill it with different stepping stones at 10 increments for it to make sense. [b]As it is an A is a 94. That's pretty high. When  I went to school it used to be a 90.[/b] Do you complain about this change too?[/quote]

THIS! It makes me so mad. [/quote]

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