At 01:54 PM 2/4/2003, EAKIN MARK E wrote:
do you mean ... does MY school have a grading scale that is universal and ... puts a 79 into the B category?I told my class on the syllabus that 70 to 79 was a C. Today I reminded them of that and asked "is a 79 a B"? (They wrote their answers anonymously on sheets of paper and turned in the pages). When I was through counting the responses, almost the entire class of seventy students thought a 79 was a B.
as an example, penn state has NO % grading scale ... every professor makes up whatever he/she thinks is right ... some never even think about %ages ...
we do have a scale listed as letters ... dig this:
GRADING SYSTEM--The grades of A, B, C, D, and F indicate the following qualities of academic performance:
A (EXCELLENT) Indicates exceptional achievement.
B (GOOD) Indicates extensive achievement.
C (SATISFACTORY) Indicates acceptable achievement.
D (POOR) Indicates only minimal achievement. It indicates that the student may be seriously handicapped
in carrying a more advanced course for which this course is a specific prerequisite.
F (FAILURE) Indicates inadequate achievement necessitating a repetition of the course to secure credit.
of course, we also have + and - in some categories ... like, A-, B+ ... B- C+ ... but NO A+ or C- ...
a B- would be conceptually ... less than extensive achievement but MORE THAN acceptable achievement ... tell me please WHAT the dickens that means?
the bottom line is that faculty make their own decisions about grades ...
in small schools there may be more department/institutional control but, in larger places ... essentially anything goes ... and does
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