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[quote=Anonymous]I'm surprised that no one has commented on the real differences between being in a low vs high performing school. Its grading.

It is incredibly difficult for ANY teacher to not be influenced by the psychological bell curve when applying a grading rubric. You don't want to give every single kid an A and you also don't want a situation where none or get kids ever get an A. You will either consciously or subconsciously adjust your expectations against the rubric to match the population. If you applied the standard used in the non-Magnet at Blair with Whitman every single kid going through you class at Whitman would get straight As. If you applied the standard used in Whitman with Blair non-magnet every single kid in your class would either fail or be getting low Bs at best.

This is how the peer group self re-enforces high performance. The academic quality of the peer group influences not just group projects and discussions but it strongly influences the teacher's application of the grading rubric. This happens as early as elementary school so the students coming up with a strong peer group are being held to much higher standards even though the curriculum is the same. In any curriculum for any assignment that isn't a basic multiple choice scanned form, a grading rubric with qualitative assessments is involved. [/quote]

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