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Oh please. Spare me the "transplant" vs. "native" angle. That's hardly the reason for wanting to change the grading scale. And fwiw, it's not just how they do it "up North".
You have two things against you. You increased the population of the area and you're from up north. Took him longer than expected.....
If common core is being implemented with the purpose of having all states/kids on the same page then there should be one grading scale used throughout the country. I am glad to hear that scores are all re-calculated for college.
Back in the day, kids were graded on the bell curve. There were as many Ds and Fs as As and Bs.
I'm calling BS on this one. You're saying schools used to fail as many kids as they passed. So half the kids flunked? I guess schools back in the day were abject failures, such at they couldn't successfully teach a large portion of the student population. Either that or a large portion of kids back in the day were so utterly stupid they couldn't be taught.
You know, there's nothing wrong with the fact that most kids in a class might be able to demonstrate mastery of the material they are expected to learn. Some would call that successful education. Thank God things aren't like they were "back in the day."
Back in the day, kids were graded on the bell curve. There were as many Ds and Fs as As and Bs. Now we have a skewed curve so everyone can do well and feel successful. Fs are rare. Ds are unlikey.
Not at my kids' middle school. Unfortunately. And they give kids an opportunity to fix mistakes to gain mastery but no grade can be raised above a 70% when the initial test was failed.
surely we can agree that a student with a 94 average > a student with a 92 average.
Statistically, no, we can't. Yes, they have on average performed better on tests. That correlates reasonably with how well and how much material they have learned, but it cannot measure everything. A 2% test differential may not be meaningful in measuring which student is "better." Similar to margin-of-error sampling issues in polling. A test is a sampling of knowledge learned.
You have two things against you. You increased the population of the area and you're from up north. Took him longer than expected.....
Yes and No....
I transplanted here in 1972 from Los Angeles (definitely not "up north").
I transplanted here in 2006 from New York (definitely the "up north" in question).
FWIW, I have lived south of the Mason-Dixon line for the majority of my life.
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FCPS actually uses a modified 10-point scale that works like this: 80-82= B- (2.7 points), 83-86=B (3 points), and 87-89=B+ (3.3 points). Cs and Ds work the same. And for A's the only difference is there is no A+ (93 and above is worth 4 points).
I really like that. I had read it somewhere, but couldn't remember the specifics. Thanks for posting it!
My point wasn't that there were so many Fs, rather than there were very few As. Now half the class might be getting an A, which is possible statistically, just not very likely in a diverse socioeconomic class.
Yeah, grade inflation is a real issue. Especially true at the college level.
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