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From: rjung@sal1.usc.edu (Robert Jung)
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Subject: Grading on a curve (was Re: cruelty to undergrads)
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Date: 16 Mar 88 19:34:20 GMT
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Summary: It's not funny any more


(Okay, this probably doesn't belong in rec.humor.d anymore, but I wanted to throw
my $0.02 in...)

  I always thought "grading on a curve" meant the following:

1. Design test.
2. Grade tests (numeric scores).
3. Get highest numeric score (call it x)
4. Work out grades as follows:
	1.00x - 0.9x		= A
	0.89x - 0.8x		= B
	0.79x - 0.7x		= C
	0.69x - 0.6x		= D
	anything worse		= Fail

  This way, if the test is exceptionally hard, the student's aren't
penalized. The numeric breakdown separates the chaff from the wheat, and
your smart students *are* rewarded...

  DISCLAIMER: I am in no way, shape, or form an educator of some kind. This is
just my concept of "fair grading" (HA!)


						--R.J.
						B-)

P.S. Okay, a joke for all the rec.humorists out there:
	How do you determine the sex of a chromosome?
	You pull down its genes.

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