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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I disagree with not rounding X9.5 ti 10. Isn’t it a very basic rule of math?[/b]

I also do not get why all four grading periods are equal. This is still screwy as was the previous way. Why not simply count all grades earned within the semester toward the final grade? [/quote]

NP here.

If someone wishes to have a strict view of "at least X%", then "at least X%" means you have to be at X.0, Not (X-0.5).  For example, an A is at least 90% would mean an A is at least 90.0, not 89.5.

I am fine with that, quite honestly. Not all college profs allow 0.5 bump.

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I am 51 years old and had a numerical grading system. Even in the olden days, when someone was ended up with an 89.5, it was rounded to a 90. Of all of MCPS’s policies, rounding is the least controversial/probelmatic.[/quote]

A lot of school districts still have a numerical grading system.  My friend in NY was shocked when I told her that anything between 89.5 and 100 in our school system was simply listed as "A."  For her kids, they don't get too stuck on the concept of A or B, because their transcript will say 91 or 86.   That is far more granular than what is being proposed even with these changes that the OP is whining about.[/quote]

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