On the one hand, Honors classes are assigned a 5.0 max while GT classes are assigned a 6.0 max as compared to a 4.0 max for Regular classes.
What?! On a 6.0 scale? That sounds extraordinarily confusing. And odd, for that matter. Does that mean they get grades reported on a 4.0, 5.0, and 6.0 scale? How does that work for college, etc?
Furthermore (and this might be a bit off topic) but what are the GT classes compared to honors/regular? How many kids even take them? It seems like too many would mess up the grade scale.
The whole question of weighted GPA versus class rank always strikes me as ironic: schools realize grade inflation is causing too many high GPAs, so they admit grade inflation is an issue...by eliminating class rank and making scales with higher limits (just wash, rinse, and repeat) but not by actually solving the problem and giving out less of the high grades. Why, education? Why?
