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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Blair is not giving out As easily! But it could be different depending on the teacher. My kids are in honors classes so teachers expect a lot (which I'm fine with). [/quote]

Sorry to burst your bubble.. but Blair [b]is[/b] giving out As easily. And everyone is in honors now.[/quote]

My Blair kids aren’t getting all A’s. [/quote]

There’s a 9th grade English teacher who is grading most kids Bs and Cs. Kids who are strong students. Many magnet kids are struggling in precalc with a tough teacher.[/quote]

My kid is at Blair. Some teachers for honors classes do seem to give out A’s easily. However, there are many teachers that have reputations for being difficult graders and my son has had quite a few of them. I don’t think they are difficult, just fair graders. Some teachers provide retakes, others don’t. Some cap the retake grade so that you can’t get an A or cap the number of retakes. One of my kid’s AP teachers never applies the 50% rule.

Also, kids are getting B’s and much lower in honors classes. Some kids barely attend class or submit work. Their parents aren’t contacting teachers and the school demanding higher grades. All the magnet/ CAP kids are not getting all A’s. This is also true in AP classes. Many kids struggle and teachers aren’t giving A’s.

Finally, there are plenty of kids that are doing well and deserve A’s at Blair, especially in the Magnet and CAP program.

If you look at the school profiles pre-pandemic about 25% of the graduating class had a 4.0 or higher. This increased significantly during the pandemic, because of MCPS’s grading policy. I suspect for the class of 2025 and beyond, the GPA distribution will return to pre-pandemic averages as teachers are going back to normal grading.

Making blanket statements is ridiculous. Grade inflation is real. A 79.5 and a 89.5 does equal an A. But it doesn’t happen as often as people like to believe. MCPS is a massive school system and grading policies and school culture varies from school to school and within schools.[/quote]

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