This year, David seems to be struggling more this year than any other…his grades just seem to be in the tank. Last year was As and Bs…this year it’s Cs and Ds and one F! I’m stroking out trying to figure out what to do to help him.
Today I receive his progress report and at the bottom of the sheet of grades is the Grading Scale…here it is:
A =96-100%
A-=94-95%
B+=92-93%
B =90-91%
B-=87-89%
C+=84-86%
C =81-83%
C-=80%
D+=78-79%
D =76-77%
D-=75%
Fail=74% and below
I was SHOCKED! The school district we came from as well as the LA Unified School District, which I worked for, always graded as:
90-100% is A
80-89% is B
70-79% is C
60-69% is D
59% and below is Fail
OK…so know I am not as upset about my son’s grades, but it causes me to wonder what about my high school aged nephew? So I head next door to the high school and ask what their grade scale is. It’s the same as the elementary school.
Then I ask, what about when you send transcripts off to colleges, do they show letter grades or percentages? Letter grades was the answer. So Jimmy from ND is showing a B, with a grade percentage of 91%, where Timmy from Vegas would show an A?
Am I wrong to be upset here? I always assumed that everyone was on an equal playing field and all grading was done with 90-100% representing a letter grade of A…I would think that college admissions people would give more weight to the transcript showing As, versus the one showing Bs…that college admissions person wouldn’t know that records from Mott, ND, have a tougher grading system.
Well, I guess I’ve found my “cause”…and the last school board meeting was last night. Too bad I didn’t get David’s preliminary report card yesterday! I’m really not happy about this and am going to fight to get it corrected for the sake of the current high school kids as well as the future ones.
Filed under: School
