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Curves are usually used when hardly anyone in the class “gets it” (ie passes with a >= 75 % score ) to move grades up to a normal distribution which adjusts the average failed grade to a barely passing 75.

If the grades are already normally distributed and close to “passing” then there is no curve.

80 posted on 07/18/2017 2:24:47 PM PDT by lurked_for_a_decade (Imagination is more important than knowledge! ( e_uid == 0 ) != ( e_uid = 0 ). I Read kernel code.)

To: lurked_for_a_decade

Grades should be based upon mastery of a well defined set of material or knowledge. Period. The operative word here is mastery.

I don’t want an Engineer or a cashier for that matter who calculates the correct answer 75% of the time.

;)

A great deal of the grade inflation is caused by parents who are trying to get their child accepted into good private schools who are then placing incredible pressure on High School for “good” grades to get there child into a good
college.

I believe the solution is for admissions to be based upon an entrance exam that is not watered down.

81 posted on 07/18/2017 2:40:19 PM PDT by lurked_for_a_decade (Imagination is more important than knowledge! ( e_uid == 0 ) != ( e_uid = 0 ). I Read kernel code.)

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