<p>I realize that I am math impaired, but if an assignment carries 15 pts- and you get 10 pts- is that a D?
That is what my daughter got - but it doesn’t make sense to me</p>
<p>It entirely depends on the scale used, but yes 10/15 being 66 2/3% can constitute a D.</p>
<p>/at my alma mater, a D is 50-54 out 100, 65-69 is B-…</p>
<p>thanks- I think I will ask him for grading scale cause it wasn’t clear to her</p>
<p>At most schools I’ve been associated with, 90-100 is some flavor of A, 80-89 some flavor of B, 70-79 a C, and 60-69 a D. 10 of 15 points, or 67%, would likely be a D+ if there are +/- signs attached, but if not, it would still be a D. Do check to see if the teacher’s grading scale differs from standard.</p>
<p>teacher may have curved the test results also.</p>
<p>teacher may have curved the test results also.</p>
<p>thats what happend I bet
She is in an honors class with the top scorers in the district- even though she has been working very hard, no wonder her grades haven’t always shown it</p>
<p>At my kids high school, every assignment had a point value. For example, the above assignment was worth 15 points (maybe this is a daily assignment), yet the next assignment might be worth 10 points. At the end of the semester all points are added and then the percentage is given. So if the total number of points available was lets just say 400 for daily assignments and a student earned 300 points, their grade would be 300/400 or 75%. The 75% would be the grade given for daily assignments, while there would be averages also for text and quizes.</p>
<p>Did that make any sense??</p>
<p>In some of the classes I took in high school, the range per letter was extended…so the 10/15 would instead translate into, for example, a B-. It’s all up to the teacher.</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>10 out of 15 would be a solid D on one of my quizes. 66%, 70% is a C.</p>
<p>the way it works at my Ds school is that 5 assignment may add up to 100 points- so if you slip a bit on one, you canmake it up on the others kind of thing</p>
<p>the problem is, when a teacher sees 10/15 doesn’t look as bad visually as as 66/100 even though they are equal</p>
<p>so a teacher says, well, taking 5 points of isn’t so bad, but thats a third , it just doesn’t “feel” like it, so a teacher if giving a score from 100 points might be more “generous” in their grading when they see that big chunk coming out</p>
<p>frustrating to no end</p>
<p>I don’t know if he grades on a curve or not but she got 10/15 on one assignment and got a D, and 11/15 on a similar assign and got a C.
It looks like unfortunately that for grading at the term he adds the letter grades together instead of the number grades since the letter grades are what are in the grade book and they are not - or + but just straight letter grades.
Not that I ever paid that much attention to grades, but I know she is working hard, and I hate to see her get a D</p>
<p>Well, that sounds to me like the straight old fashioned grading scale, no curve. 10/15 = 66.67% which is D territory (60-69) while 11/15 = 73.33% which is C territory (70-79). But it is really ashbackwards in my view to then lose the more precise numerical scores and use the letter grades for calculating the semester grade.</p>