[Theodore R.]

Also, remember that private schools want the tuition and fees that you will pay. They may tell you what you want to hear about your child's progress ("giving grades") to make sure that you remain a paying customer. The public schools want the taxation; the private schools, the tuition. Many parents won't accept "bad report cards" from private schools; they will go elsewhere. So the private schools also pressure students to "give grades" that please the parents. The result is massive grade inflation in nearly all schools.

[Dataman]

Also, remember that private schools want the tuition and fees that you will pay. They may tell you what you want to hear about your child's progress ("giving grades") to make sure that you remain a paying customer. The public schools want the taxation; the private schools, the tuition. Many parents won't accept "bad report cards" from private schools; they will go elsewhere. So the private schools also pressure students to "give grades" that please the parents. The result is massive grade inflation in nearly all schools.

My direct experience has been exactly opposite. For example, our government school's honor roll is posted along with the GPAs. Some of the students get as high as a 5.25 GPA when the theoretical maximum is 4.0. The local Christian schools, however, still keep the maximum GPA to around 4.1. There are other benchmarks as well: The CAT, the Iowa Basics, the SAT and ACT. Christian schools all over this country blow the doors of the pathetic proud-to-be-in-the-51st-percentile government schools using these benchmarks. That should be adequate proof that the grade inflation occurs in the government schools.