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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op is right that it’s weird to average the two quarters instead of skit giving a semester grade.  [b]For the AP classes there are almost no assignments 4th quarter [/b]so it’s weird to weigh it as heavily as third quarter.

I have a rising junior and somehow missed the earlier thread about this.  Amy change is incredibly nerve wracking at this point.  We are already so stressed out aboit the whole thing.  And I feel like the first year always has tough adjustments as the teachers figure it out.  I really hate for the experimentation heat to be his junior year when we’re already sort of mentally hanging on by a thread.  Teachers will neeec to develop new finals that they’ve never given before and it won’t necessarily all work immediately for all teachers.  It might be helpful if they all bring back curved grading — my oldest is at a challenging college and often the teacher overshoots on the final, everyone gets a D and so the teacher says “sorry, I wrote a bad test — don’t worrry I’ve curve it.”  Currently McPS teachers don’t have that ability.   I just think there are gojng to be unanticipated wrinkles that will take a year or two to iron out.  [/quote]

What are you talking about no assignments 4th quarter for AP classes.  There are plenty of assignments.  There has to be because all the students who are not seniors need grades.  It’s one of the reasons why I and others absolutely hate when school starts  and how classes are setup because for AP students they have to take exams early May at almost the start of 4th qtr but then have like 6wks remaining for class.  My kid has had whole projects and papers that had to be done post exams. [/quote]

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