I know you take the average of everyones score as a basis to determine the grade, but is that all?
2006-10-15 04:22:40 · 8 answers · asked by JayOhhHn 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
When something is graded on a curve, what happens is: the teacher takes the scores of everyone in the class and splits up the scores by grade. For example, the top 3 scores get an A the next 10 scores get a B, and so on. That's how I passes my high school chem. final with a B and a 56%!!
2006-10-15 04:32:12 · answer #1 · answered by Amber B 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You mean curve, right?
"The idea behind grading on a curve is that, rather than awarding a 100% to any student who gets a perfect score, the student with the highest score gets 100%, with all lower scores being tweaked accordingly. The point of this is that then the grades are not affected if the instructor has been teaching poorly, or if the test is more difficult (or easier) than anticipated by the instructor. It also serves to make school more competitive. There's more than one way to implement a curve-grading scheme, depending on the instructor's personal preference and the amount of effort they're willing to put into grading.
The simplest and, sadly, most common strategy is: find the minimum number of points missed (the score achieved by the best student) and subtract that number from the total possible points for the assignment in question. Then, apply the 90-80-70 scale to all students using the adjusted maximum score. So if a test had a possible score of 50, but nobody got better than a 43, all tests will be scored as if 43 was the maximum possible. A variant of this is to find the fifth best (or nth best) score instead of the best score. This will result in a few students getting over 100%, but compensates for the possibility of having one student who always gets 100% and the rest who get in the high 70s."
2006-10-15 04:36:07 · answer #2 · answered by xxandra 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They take the top score, say the highest was a 92 out of 100. They add 8 points to that score to make 100. Everyone else's score will have 8 points added to them also.
2006-10-15 04:34:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Grade" ability that the horse is the two: a million) of unknown breeding 2)is an unregistered crossbreed 3)is a horse of commonplace breeding yet isn't registered and/or no longer able to be registered for some reason 4) is of commonplace breeding and is registered however the papers are lost or the horse is of low high quality
2016-12-08 15:09:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL When a teacher "grades on a curve", it means that he/she gives the highest grade to the person with the highest average and then the next student (with the second highest average) will get the next highest grade and so on.
2006-10-15 04:33:39 · answer #5 · answered by lynnguys 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Grade on a curb - leveling the ground using a rake or a motor grader.
Grade on a curve - all the other answers above. pick one piccachu. :-)
2016-12-22 18:40:17 · answer #6 · answered by Shasta 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The teacher is sitting outside getting sun while grading the papers.
2006-10-15 04:30:01 · answer #7 · answered by Thanks for the Yahoo Jacket 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Umm...that would be grade on a CURVE.
2006-10-15 04:28:30 · answer #8 · answered by trinitytough 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋