I gave a word study quiz today that my students did verrrrry well on. This particular assessment is quick to grade, and I was able to share results with each class.
"You should grade us on a curve!" one student merrily suggested. (He had earned a 100%) The rest of the kids in his class had no idea what he was talking about.
"Well," I explained, "it's a way of grading where you take the average of all the scores and make that a C."
Furrowed brows all around.
"How would that work with this quiz?" another student asked.
"The average is 92," I told him. "That would be a C." There were audible gasps as I continued. "96 is a B, 100 an A."
"But what about 91?" someone wondered.
"D," I replied, "and anything below 88 fails."
Stunned silence fell over the room.
"Or we could all have As and Bs," sang the first student, and that was settled.
"You should grade us on a curve!" one student merrily suggested. (He had earned a 100%) The rest of the kids in his class had no idea what he was talking about.
"Well," I explained, "it's a way of grading where you take the average of all the scores and make that a C."
Furrowed brows all around.
"How would that work with this quiz?" another student asked.
"The average is 92," I told him. "That would be a C." There were audible gasps as I continued. "96 is a B, 100 an A."
"But what about 91?" someone wondered.
"D," I replied, "and anything below 88 fails."
Stunned silence fell over the room.
"Or we could all have As and Bs," sang the first student, and that was settled.
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