Anonymous
11/08/2025 17:07
Subject: Grade Inflation...but what should the grades be?
Me when students admitted to colleges based on extremely stringent selection criteria that all but mandate they exclusively get As continue to get As in college
Anonymous
11/08/2025 17:03
Subject: Grade Inflation...but what should the grades be?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don’t know but I do know you shouldn’t be able to get an A (not even an A-) by earning a 79 first quarter and an 89 second quarter which is the case at MCPS high schools.
Ridiculous.
An 84 will really get you an A- for the semester? No wonder colleges have to use their own gpa calculations.
I am not sure you are following: MCPS doesn’t average a 79 and 89 to 84. MCPS gives the kid a flat A on your transcript with a 79 and 89 for two quarters. So colleges never see anything but the flat A, and since MCPS offers so many AP classes these kids often get an additional bump in any recalculated GPA by a college. It was all laid out in Bethesda Magazine a while back.
You are correct. I’m not following, and I’m not at all familiar with the Montgomery County school system. Where the heck does an A start in MCPS?
Okay. I did my homework and found the article. So after a (very quick) read, what I am understanding is that since 79 could be rounded to 80 (B) and 89 rounded to 90 (A) the average of a letter grade B and a letter grade A would be an A-? Yikes.
Anonymous
11/08/2025 16:56
Subject: Grade Inflation...but what should the grades be?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don’t know but I do know you shouldn’t be able to get an A (not even an A-) by earning a 79 first quarter and an 89 second quarter which is the case at MCPS high schools.
Ridiculous.
An 84 will really get you an A- for the semester? No wonder colleges have to use their own gpa calculations.
I am not sure you are following: MCPS doesn’t average a 79 and 89 to 84. MCPS gives the kid a flat A on your transcript with a 79 and 89 for two quarters. So colleges never see anything but the flat A, and since MCPS offers so many AP classes these kids often get an additional bump in any recalculated GPA by a college. It was all laid out in Bethesda Magazine a while back.
You are correct. I’m not following, and I’m not at all familiar with the Montgomery County school system. Where the heck does an A start in MCPS?
Anonymous
11/08/2025 16:39
Subject: Grade Inflation...but what should the grades be?
Also in Bethesda magazine: a kid figured out they could still get an A if they turned in every single homework assignment even if they never got above a 70 on an assessment.
Crazytown.
Crazytown.
Anonymous
11/08/2025 16:33
Subject: Grade Inflation...but what should the grades be?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Should be on the old UC curve:
93-100 A
90-92 A-
87-89 B+
83-87 B
80-82 B-
and on down
Numbers of students within each level will vary in a range based upon variations of each classes performance
When was a 93 an A in UC? My kid is freaking out if he gets lower than 95 on anything.
1982, I did say it was old
Apparently, it is even more rigorous now
Anonymous
11/08/2025 16:28
Subject: Grade Inflation...but what should the grades be?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don’t know but I do know you shouldn’t be able to get an A (not even an A-) by earning a 79 first quarter and an 89 second quarter which is the case at MCPS high schools.
Ridiculous.
An 84 will really get you an A- for the semester? No wonder colleges have to use their own gpa calculations.
I am not sure you are following: MCPS doesn’t average a 79 and 89 to 84. MCPS gives the kid a flat A on your transcript with a 79 and 89 for two quarters. So colleges never see anything but the flat A, and since MCPS offers so many AP classes these kids often get an additional bump in any recalculated GPA by a college. It was all laid out in Bethesda Magazine a while back.
Anonymous
11/08/2025 16:17
Subject: Grade Inflation...but what should the grades be?
Anonymous wrote:I don’t know but I do know you shouldn’t be able to get an A (not even an A-) by earning a 79 first quarter and an 89 second quarter which is the case at MCPS high schools.
Ridiculous.
An 84 will really get you an A- for the semester? No wonder colleges have to use their own gpa calculations.
Anonymous
11/08/2025 16:12
Subject: Grade Inflation...but what should the grades be?
Anonymous wrote:Should be on the old UC curve:
93-100 A
90-92 A-
87-89 B+
83-87 B
80-82 B-
and on down
Numbers of students within each level will vary in a range based upon variations of each classes performance
When was a 93 an A in UC? My kid is freaking out if he gets lower than 95 on anything.
Anonymous
11/08/2025 16:09
Subject: Grade Inflation...but what should the grades be?
I don’t know but I do know you shouldn’t be able to get an A (not even an A-) by earning a 79 first quarter and an 89 second quarter which is the case at MCPS high schools.
Ridiculous.
Ridiculous.
Anonymous
11/08/2025 15:08
Subject: Re:Grade Inflation...but what should the grades be?
Bump
Anonymous
11/06/2025 20:27
Subject: Grade Inflation...but what should the grades be?
Should be on the old UC curve:
93-100 A
90-92 A-
87-89 B+
83-87 B
80-82 B-
and on down
Numbers of students within each level will vary in a range based upon variations of each classes performance
93-100 A
90-92 A-
87-89 B+
83-87 B
80-82 B-
and on down
Numbers of students within each level will vary in a range based upon variations of each classes performance
Anonymous
11/06/2025 19:38
Subject: Grade Inflation...but what should the grades be?
Anonymous wrote:Should the average gpa be a 2.0? Should colleges norm their scores, so even if most students get an A, a majority still receive Cs? When is a college sufficiently grade stable?
Here's the education problem in a nutshell.
Most get A. Ok, this means the largest group gets A.
A majority still get C. Oh dear. Clutch my pearls. That means 50.x % get C. That has to be the "largest share."
Discuss.
Anonymous
11/06/2025 19:20
Subject: Grade Inflation...but what should the grades be?
Anonymous wrote:Should the average gpa be a 2.0? Should colleges norm their scores, so even if most students get an A, a majority still receive Cs? When is a college sufficiently grade stable?
A reasonable distribution. 20% A, 60% B, 20%C
Anonymous
11/06/2025 19:10
Subject: Grade Inflation...but what should the grades be?
If grades were accurate, average gpas would fall somewhere between 2.0-3.0. A 4.0 student should be PhD material, receiving various graduate fellowships, and a rare top scholar. Earn your grade.
Anonymous
11/06/2025 19:08
Subject: Grade Inflation...but what should the grades be?
Should the average gpa be a 2.0? Should colleges norm their scores, so even if most students get an A, a majority still receive Cs? When is a college sufficiently grade stable?