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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Curving tests in AP classes is standard.  I teach one of the other AP math classes, and when I get together for PD with other AP teachers, we all talk about how we curve.

To pass most AP tests with a 3, you need around 50% and a 5 is somewhere around 60-70%.  (Varies by test and by year, obv) Thus, most teachers turn a 50 to a C, and a 70 to an A.  If the assessments are all made up of college board questions, curving tests is appropriate (not a sign of failure to teach or learn).  The questions are hard![/quote]\

This is wild.  My kid goes to one of the top DC privates and a 70% stands as a C and there are many tests with a 70% average.  Kids routinely get a 5 on the AP exam and a B or B- in the class.  [/quote]

Does your kid’s top DC private count anything other than major assessments in the grade? If quizzes, homework, participation, classwork, etc. boost up your child’s grade, then that is wild.  [/quote]

The only things factored into the grade are tests and quizzes.  The kids very routinely get Bs and Cs in the science and math AP classes and then 5's on the AP exam.  
If I had to do this again I would not. 
We're keeping the third kid in public.  [/quote]
wow. i keep on saying the issues they had with this test administration wouldn't happen in a private school. i wouldn't pay for that either. [/quote]

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