grade on a curve means if the entire class did badly overall, the teacher will curve it up, so the highest grade let say an C will be an A, and everyone moves up too, so even if you get like a 50, you might see an B. it works the other ways too, if a professor only wanted to give out few passing grades, even if you got a 70, you might get an D- or F
if they don't curve the grade, whatever you get on the test is what you see on your report card
2006-07-02 08:47:42
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answered by jean 4
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The "curve" is a normal curve or bell curve, like those used for IQs. The idea is that the tallest part of the curve represents the most common scores, and you have just a few people on either end of the scale. In other words, the vast majority of scores are in the average range.
So if a teacher has a class of 20, and gives a test that everyone wipes out on, she might adjust her scores so that the kid with the highest score gets an A, the next 3 highest get a B, the next 12 get a C, 3 get a D, and the kid with the lowest score gets an F, for example. That would be a nice, symmetrical normal curve.
In reality, most of the teachers who say they "grade on a curve" are just giving points to everybody to get some folks out the basement, and keep the kids who usually get As from throwing some fits. In any case, most K-12 classes are and should be too small to be a decent sample size for a normal distribution.
And there are schools and teachers where the bell curve centers on a B. Sometimes that's because of "grade inflation", sometimes that's because the school is selective about whom they admit and assume that everybody in the school is capable of doing above average work.
If teachers say they don't grade on a curve, that may mean they go by whether you have mastered the content standards. In other words, if they're supposed to teach you how to write a paragraph with a topic sentence and supporting sentences, then your grade will depend on whether you, personally, have shown that you can do that. Your grade then has nothing to do with what your classmates or any other students are doing. It's all about you, and it's probably more valid.
2006-07-02 09:14:53
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answered by Beckee 7
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Grading on a curve means that the grade a student gets is usually not the grade that was earned. A teacher will assign a certain percentage to A, B, etc. If they decide that 10% of the class will get an A and everyone actually fails the test, the top 10% of those who failed will be given the letter grade of A.
If they don't grade on a curve, each student is given the grade that they actually earned.
An example of giving a grade that isn't earned would be my AP Algebra II teacher. He felt that if students were smart enough to get into AP math, then they should get a grade no lower than a B. It really didn't matter how poorly we did on a test, everyone was guaranteed at least a B.
2006-07-02 17:36:15
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answered by Anonymous
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When teachers say that they don't grade on an A curve it means that if your getting graded on something, and your between an A, and a B you'll probably get a B, because your B probably could of been rounded off to an A, which means it was a high B but since, the teacher dosen't grade on an A curve you'll get the B instead. But if your teacher does grade on an A curve you can get an A.
2006-07-02 09:00:53
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answered by Hoopster 1
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Some teachers will base percentage grades on the highest point total on the particular test taken, i.e. if the test was originally worth 100 points and the highest point total in class was an 80, then .9 x 80 would equal an A on the test.
Some teachers use this method to make really hard tests a bit easier to pass, adknowledging the problems of test making and test taking, and trying to make grading "fairer" for students ("Oh, come on, that imformation was not in your lecture!").
2006-07-02 11:57:07
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answered by Hoops 2
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Not grading on a curve means they don't start at the highest score.. they start from 100%. Grading on a curve lets the lowest scorers look average..
2006-07-02 08:44:41
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answered by Anonymous
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if a teacher grades on a curve then they give the whole class extra points to make the class average higher. each teacher is different on what they want the average to be.
2006-07-02 16:38:16
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answered by Ali 1
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what "is going round" which potential what you provide off, "comes round" which potential you come back. a diverse cultural way of describing how karma works, What you provide out comes back to you
2016-10-14 01:39:14
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answered by shoe 4
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