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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I might be the cause of this thread. I complained to admin about 4 or 5 years that my daughter's grades were too high; her ERBs are 7 to 9s, so she's bright. But what the heck am I paying the school for if they cannot challenge this child. She should absolutely not get 100 in anything!!! All her scores are above 95, which is ridiculous. I told them there should only be 2 maybe 3 As per class. How else are the colleges going to differentiate the kids? Especially with this move against SAT/ACTs.

Now my little one is coming through. I don't have ERBs yet but her WPPSI was 140. She has exactly 0 As. [/quote]

I think you have grossly overestimated your influence in this situation.[/quote]

It is not based on one complaint. I know many parents who had similar complaints. Good on all of them![/quote]

Dude, that was a troll post. Grade deflation and curving down at DC privates has been around for years and years. [/quote]

Serious question: are these schools deflating grade, or does it look like simply because other schools are inflating grades?[/quote]

Yes they're deflating grades. In fact they have to add higher level material to tests or more subjective essay questions to attempt to delineate between super highly talented (or aided by tutors, parents) and highly talented.

Remember the fun game at exams in college where you were told the scope of the test was these 100 things and only 5 questions would be on the exam? Fun times. Then question 5 would be beyond the material and next level theories or a big twist, which would allow someone to try to demonstrate their abilities. Or smart kids would know not to bother spinning their wheels on the experimental questions (key skill folks!).

This is a city with a highly educated populace that values education, sending children with all the supports one can offer to test in and apply to small private schools. Many do superb work. Many go to college and are bored the first two years given they already know the material or read the same book. But while at these schools the name of the game is See Where You Max Out.  Meanwhile, Bs for everyone. [/quote]

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