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Probably mine. The high school teacher.Interesting comment. Which post disagrees with GI?
Probably mine. The high school teacher.Interesting comment. Which post disagrees with GI?
Don’t be so sure.It’s also why I think the SA’s have a good handle on all of this. And won’t do away with standardized testing.
Fascinating. Wow.My district boasts one high school of our 28 that is ranked at or near the top annually. It's a magnet school and not one defined by borders but the kids who have gone there are geniuses. But, the school board has just changed the entry requirements to allow for a more diverse student body. The parents of the 72 percent Asian majority sued the board citing discrimination. The rest of the school make-up is: 18 percent white, three percent Hispanic, four percent other, and 1 percent black.
I have no problem with inclusiveness. It's kept me employed for over 14 years. But we, society, must decide if equity is more important than providing the opportunity for equality. I wish I could post a video of a mother speaking at my school board's meeting. She read from a book available for check out at her son's high school library. It contained descriptions of pedophilia, man/boy sex acts, and had the slang names for anatomical parts. It was so vile the chair told her to stop reading but the mom only got louder.
This book was placed in all teachers boxes first week of school. It explains the 4.0 grading scale and how to do "Grading for Equity."
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I avoid parents at all costs.GI feeds itself. When I attended law school, it had a "B" mean. That usually translated into 80% of the class getting B+ to B-, with 20% getting As or Cs. That led to most students quickly realizing that, no matter how much effort they put in, they were still going to end up with a B of some sort. Profs got lazy and, unless an exam was truly exceptional or terrible, gave a B.
Then the school realized that the B mean was hurting its students in getting clerkships and jobs. So, they changed it to a B+ mean with the result that 80% receive a grade A- and B. Students didn't get smarter; they just got better grades for the same work.
I also agree that the cost of higher education affects college grades.
In grade school and h.s., I think it's teachers not wanting to deal with angry parents. "How dare you give my little Johnny a D." Much easier to give Johnny a B even if he isn't mastering the material than to explain to parents that Johnny either isn't doing the work or, in some cases, just isn't very smart.
Agreed. When I went to grad school, pretty much 40% got As and 59% got Bs and 1% had to work to get a C or less.GI feeds itself. When I attended law school, it had a "B" mean. That usually translated into 80% of the class getting B+ to B-, with 20% getting As or Cs. That led to most students quickly realizing that, no matter how much effort they put in, they were still going to end up with a B of some sort. Profs got lazy and, unless an exam was truly exceptional or terrible, gave a B.
Then the school realized that the B mean was hurting its students in getting clerkships and jobs. So, they changed it to a B+ mean with the result that 80% receive a grade A- and B. Students didn't get smarter; they just got better grades for the same work.
I also agree that the cost of higher education affects college grades.
In grade school and h.s., I think it's teachers not wanting to deal with angry parents. "How dare you give my little Johnny a D." Much easier to give Johnny a B even if he isn't mastering the material than to explain to parents that Johnny either isn't doing the work or, in some cases, just isn't very smart.
It is at Ivy’s and some professors use it in other colleges.Is the Bell Curve still a thing? Real question.
Unless you take the SAT 12 times. The law of averages says you will guess right a few times and end up with a superscore 200 points above your actual abilities.I have no issue with grade inflation because the other side of the coin is the SAT/ACT. So if you are really a 3.4 student with a 4.0 on your report card, the SAT/ACT should show what you are really capable of
thats true but does anyone take it 12 times and of course there are people who play the system. I am not too worried about them because either they will play the system at school or fail miserablyUnless you take the SAT 12 times. The law of averages says you will guess right a few times and end up with a superscore 200 points above your actual abilities.
In my son’s class, there was a really smart student that finished like 17 in the class. Scored like a 1550 on SAT. The converse is the high SAT score could show he didn’t put effort into his classes.I have no issue with grade inflation because the other side of the coin is the SAT/ACT. So if you are really a 3.4 student with a 4.0 on your report card, the SAT/ACT should show what you are really capable of