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Graduation inflation (media.piefed.world)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/justpost@lemmy.world
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This seems like a problem

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[โ€“] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

So the kids own teachers mark their exams and can just arbitrarily round up tests so that no one fails after the kids have already taken the exam?

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 10 months ago

    Sorry it is called Curve Grading.

    Curve Grading

    Many ways to do it. But that example where the best student scored a 60%. Everyone would get +40%. That's a Standard Curve method.

    Personally, they didn't curve a lot of grades when I was in high school. It was more a college thing. A hard test that pushes the limit of your knowledge without being unfair.

    But yes a grade can change afterwards for whatever reason the teacher wants. They could just throw on 10% if they felt generous. Definitely apparent when it's like a writing assignment without clear right or whole answers like math.

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