<p>and further, in some of the AP’s classes I’ve alluded to, A’s for the grade in the <em>class</em>work were handed out sparingly, & sometimes not at all (and that was a recent class). I recall my D telling me proudly she had earned the only B in one of the assignments in an AP class filled with very capable students. (The rest earned C’s.) I particularly respected the teachers’ assessment, as she is a veteran, tough, & extremely bright, accomplished individual in her field, unafraid of parent repercussions.</p>
<p>When a teacher is not as experienced at that – at assessing the worth of an effort – one encounters the slippery slope of subjective grading with no, or not much, in the way of quantifiable standards. (I posted much earlier on CC about my disgust with a middle teacher who handed out A’s like candy to about 85% of the class, when most of the classwork that I viewed was B and C material, with maybe 3-5 earned A’s.) This reflects a lack of supervision by the higher-up, which should be overseeing numerically valued rubrics for completion of assignments, until the teacher’s subjective judgment corresponds with these objective standards as set by the school.</p>
<p>(And it explains the “go figure” in post 124.)</p>