Our local high school is trying something completely different with GPA. The first class that is being affected by this is our current junior class.
The old GPA system was on a 6.0 scale. The administration claimed that it was over inflated and caused kids stress anxiety.
The new GPA system works like this. All courses receive the same credit. You can get a 1.1 multiplier on your entire GPA once you have 16 'AAC' credits. An AAC credit would be like an AP, dual credit, pre-AP or some other courses.
Out of those 16 credits, you can get 2 of them by getting 'fidelity points', which is your commitment to a sport or a fine art for the entire four years.
It is an all or nothing GPA multiplier. There is no benefit to taking on a few AP classes. You get the multiplier after your sophomore year and once you have collected 8 credits. You lose it your senior year if you don't get 16 credits.
Some of the issues that are being seen now is that kids that don't take any AP classes at all are surpassing kids that have a heavy course load of AP's.
Has anyone seen a system like this? What are your thoughts about it?
The old GPA system was on a 6.0 scale. The administration claimed that it was over inflated and caused kids stress anxiety.
The new GPA system works like this. All courses receive the same credit. You can get a 1.1 multiplier on your entire GPA once you have 16 'AAC' credits. An AAC credit would be like an AP, dual credit, pre-AP or some other courses.
Out of those 16 credits, you can get 2 of them by getting 'fidelity points', which is your commitment to a sport or a fine art for the entire four years.
It is an all or nothing GPA multiplier. There is no benefit to taking on a few AP classes. You get the multiplier after your sophomore year and once you have collected 8 credits. You lose it your senior year if you don't get 16 credits.
Some of the issues that are being seen now is that kids that don't take any AP classes at all are surpassing kids that have a heavy course load of AP's.
Has anyone seen a system like this? What are your thoughts about it?