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pnwmom

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24. Except not really.

Thu Jun 20, 2013, 11:14 PM

Jun 2013

In a standardized test, the median is set at 50% with half the scores above and half below. A score at the 60% isn't failing -- it means you scored higher than 60% of the other students who took it. A score of 50% would make you about average.

But an average grade on a regular test is much higher because these tests aren't usually put on a curve. A C would be somewhere in the 70's.

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School district eliminates all grades below 50% [View all] proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 OP

Shades of Lake Woebegon customerserviceguy Jun 2013 #1

LOL! My first thought as well! proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 #3

Except not really. pnwmom Jun 2013 #24

Mathematically customerserviceguy Jun 2013 #31

Every classroom, and every school LWolf Jun 2013 #44

I support this. Chan790 Jun 2013 #2

I think it's insane proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 #4

It's just about how an ordinal level of measurement maps onto a percentage scale HereSince1628 Jun 2013 #37

There should be different tracks Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2013 #18

Truly "The Onion" material. Igel Jun 2013 #5

At my elementary school, 93-100 was an A Art_from_Ark Jun 2013 #10

That was the scale in my district through 12th grade (n/t) MadrasT Jun 2013 #36

I had teachers that would throw out the lowest score csziggy Jun 2013 #27

My district partially does this dsc Jun 2013 #6

We have had this for years, but I forget why! LOL femmocrat Jun 2013 #7

Why does it matter Travis_0004 Jun 2013 #9

I think it matters for their QPA. femmocrat Jun 2013 #11

class rank doesn't matter anymore either. The valedictoiran at my daughter's school didn't get liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #45

I am of two minds on this... actslikeacarrot Jun 2013 #8

the 0-5 scale makes sense to me -- the 50-100 seems odd, but fishwax Jun 2013 #12

So if a student gets every question wrong on a test, he'll receive a 50% grade? Rod Walker Jun 2013 #13

Yep caraher Jun 2013 #16

It is just on the report card in our district. femmocrat Jun 2013 #17

But there'd be no way to differentiate between a kid who did nothing, receiving a 50%, and a kid who Rod Walker Jun 2013 #20

Well, times have changed! LOL femmocrat Jun 2013 #34

That reminds me of Spencer Tracy as Father Flanagan in "Boys Town" (1938) wherein he states: Rod Walker Jun 2013 #35

That's ridiculous. HappyMe Jun 2013 #47

I would have loved it.... Fastcars Jun 2013 #14

The principal was pushing this where my wife did student teaching caraher Jun 2013 #15

Sounds like a perfect way to disguise student irresponsibility MichiganVote Jun 2013 #19

More 'special snowflake' syndrome. *sigh* n/t X_Digger Jun 2013 #21

I don't really get what this means: are they saying that the score on every petronius Jun 2013 #22

It's the former caraher Jun 2013 #30

Thanks for the clarification - that is bizarre. One way I can see this working petronius Jun 2013 #40

Probably not caraher Jun 2013 #46

That does sound extremely frustrating, and a good solution. I always get a laugh petronius Jun 2013 #49

Yeah caraher Jun 2013 #50

keep arranging those deck chairs SoCalDem Jun 2013 #23

If you got 90, 90, and 0 on one exam your average would be 60 failing vinny9698 Jun 2013 #25

As well it should. name not needed Jun 2013 #26

People have bad days, sometimes through no fault of their own vinny9698 Jun 2013 #43

I see your point. I could see how this could be beneficial to special education students or liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #41

They should rescale the 100, not impose this monstrosity. David__77 Jun 2013 #28

Apparently a bunch of DUers advocate cold hearted punishment AZ Progressive Jun 2013 #29

yeah, apparently poor kids who struggle in school don't deserve a second chance. liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #42

So if a student turns in a blank test and receives a "0" he's being punished? Rod Walker Jun 2013 #48

Common sense isn't very common One_Life_To_Give Jun 2013 #32

The 0-100 scale has been inflated into meaninglessness as it is Recursion Jun 2013 #33

The school district I taught in tried to do this Ms. Toad Jun 2013 #38

It's called "Minimum F" Nevernose Jun 2013 #39