Failure Reset from Zero to Fifty

JoeTrumpet
Mon, 26 May 2008 01:28:25 +0000

We have 90-100 = A, and so forth till 0-59 = F. No + or -.

For weighting, you add .04 to the overall unweighted GPA for each 1-credit honors class and .08 for each 1-credit AP or community college class. It seems pretty uncommon for districts to just add the weighting on top rather than recalculating. I like this way: seems easier to me :). Also, it doesn’t feel like it’s bringing down your GPA to take music classes: I’ve taken 6, and it feels nicer to have it not affect my weighted GPA rather than bring it down–not that it matters since the kids who go 100% academic get more weighting anyway.

I’ve personally thought a lot about giving a 50% for Fs, and it’s interesting to see that some places do this. In the end, I guess I wouldn’t go with it since it does seem unfair to the students who actually do 50% of the work, and it doesn’t exactly create any incentive for a student to do 50% of the work to begin with. Interesting idea, but I think it should only be considered if the student actually put in some effort (did all the homework for the test it pertained to, for example).