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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]OP is not talking about a B student or B quarter grade or a B on a major test, but a B on an assignment.[/b]  Who even knows what their teenager gets on every assignment?

My DS received maybe five B+ final grades between freshman and junior years and was not shut out of college or at the bottom of his class in FCPS with a weighted GPA right under 4.0 and a 34 ACT.  (He has ADHD, didnt take all honors and APs and got a lot of A- grades too). He got a $12,500/yr scholarship from UMD.

About 20-25% of the class graduated with a weighted GPA over 4.0. The idea that entire graduating classes in public schools have straight As in all APs and GPAs well over 4.5 is just not true.[/quote]

Wrong. I am not aware of any school district in the area that allows retakes on anything other than summative (large tests or projects) assignments. Most of my kids’ classes only have two summative a per quarter. This isn’t a “B on an assignment.”

My middle school kid just retook a test on which she got a B. Brought it up to a 90 because that is the max. She made that decision on her own as SHE wants straight As. And this was a HS class.

My HS kid is at one of very few (2?) FCPS high schools using skills-based grading. They don’t allow retakes but grades can be “replaced” by future summative grades on the same skill. [/quote]

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