Anonymous
07/11/2021 19:40
Subject: Basis Comps/final grades
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I was frustrated that in several classes, my kid had a 97+ in GP5, but then got a low C on the comp.
Maybe reach out to the teacher in that class to see what happened?
PP here. I think that some teacherS padded the grades a bit -- and I'm not faulting them for it -- but between extra credit & rocket booster & such, it was easy to raise grading period grades. It happened in math and physics, and I was expecting a not-so-great comp score in physics but not in math. Surprising. It is what it is. I'm not angry at the school, and I think the teachers did a great job this year.
Years ago it happened in English. A student had a B+ for the entire year somehow received an 'F" in the comps, rendering the overall average D+
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The student had missed 11 questions out of 30 in mulitple choice questions. The comp, an exceprt from a previous AP literature exam for a non-AP class, was marked -11/30, which translated to 63.3% and should definitely not have been an F.
The school just wanted that student out.
Anonymous
06/24/2021 20:38
Subject: Basis Comps/final grades
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I was frustrated that in several classes, my kid had a 97+ in GP5, but then got a low C on the comp.
Maybe reach out to the teacher in that class to see what happened?
PP here. I think that some teacherS padded the grades a bit -- and I'm not faulting them for it -- but between extra credit & rocket booster & such, it was easy to raise grading period grades. It happened in math and physics, and I was expecting a not-so-great comp score in physics but not in math. Surprising. It is what it is. I'm not angry at the school, and I think the teachers did a great job this year.
Anonymous
06/24/2021 20:37
Subject: Basis Comps/final grades
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I was frustrated that in several classes, my kid had a 97+ in GP5, but then got a low C on the comp.
Maybe reach out to the teacher in that class to see what happened?
PP here. I think that some teacher padded the grades a bit -- and I'm not faulting them for it -- but between extra credit & rocket booster & such, it was easy to raise grading period grades. It happened in math and physics, and I was expecting a not-so-great comp score in physics but not in math. Surprising. It is what it is. I'm not angry at the school, and I think the teachers did a great job this year.
Anonymous
06/23/2021 21:53
Subject: Basis Comps/final grades
Anonymous wrote:I was frustrated that in several classes, my kid had a 97+ in GP5, but then got a low C on the comp.
Maybe reach out to the teacher in that class to see what happened?
Anonymous
06/23/2021 21:35
Subject: Re:Basis Comps/final grades
^^Never mind. I see there’s a separate GP5 grade and final grade, with one being specific to GP5 and the other being cumulative for the year.
Anonymous
06/23/2021 19:08
Subject: Basis Comps/final grades
Anonymous wrote:I was frustrated that in several classes, my kid had a 97+ in GP5, but then got a low C on the comp.
How could your kid have gotten a 97+ in GP5 but scored a low C on the comps? Do you mean your kid had a 97+ on his/her interim report card then got a low C on some comps, bringing down their final GP5 grades?
Anonymous
06/23/2021 13:47
Subject: Basis Comps/final grades
I was frustrated that in several classes, my kid had a 97+ in GP5, but then got a low C on the comp.
Anonymous
06/22/2021 16:12
Subject: Re:Basis Comps/final grades
I think they graded easier to keep more kids above the pass line. mine did well, better than expected. I wasnt worried he would fail, but I was surprised how high the marks were, there must have been a curve
Anonymous
06/22/2021 13:52
Subject: Basis Comps/final grades
As a general matter, grades at Basis were a bit lower during DL compared to IPL.
Anonymous
06/22/2021 10:48
Subject: Basis Comps/final grades
Did Basis grade easier than usual /give more high scores on the comps/final grades (6th grade) this year (given the pandemic)?