Scaling grades et al

GoldShadow
Fri, 06 Apr 2007 10:38:26 +0000

In all my classes so far, scaling can only help, never hurt. They’ve never lowered a grade, only increased, be it by a couple points or by 15.

Still, in many of my classes, especially the intro classes or lectures with several hundreds of people, grades are heavily deflated simply because tests are hard. The average usually ranges from mid-50s to mid 60s at best. Thus, scaling up is almost necessary. Honors classes usually have higher averages, for obvious reasons.