The school board just confirmed the new grading scale is officially rolling back to the standard policy which means the rounding issue is finally resolved. I am legitimately shocked that this actually happened so quickly because honestly I was prepared for a much longer fight but I am beyond relieved …
April 13, 2013
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Following changes to the Dexter High School grading scale initiated this year, an A- now accounts for any score from 90-93.99. It also prohibits rounding to whole numbers, but instead to the nearest hundredth. This means a student receiving a 93.994% in a class will be given a 93.99 and thus an A-. The vast majority of U.S high schools recognize a 90-92 as an A- and above that an A. This scale also follows a logical inconsistency with the rest of the DHS grading scale: B-, C-, D- are all 80-82, 70-72, 60-62 respectively. We understand that this change occurred in part due to individual teachers' manipulation of student grades. The solution is a school wide policy of automatic rounding to the nearest whole percentage and a consistent grading scale.
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January 16, 2013
I spent the last few hours looking at the actual grade books and the sheer inconsistency of these ranges is honestly mind boggling when you write it all out. It feels like the administration is just hoping we get tired and stop paying attention to how much this math hurts our GPAs. I am drafting a direct email to the department heads now so keep an eye out for whatever response they scramble to put together.
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January 16, 2013
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93.99 is an A. period. stop being cheap with our grades.
Finally someone said it. The rounding policy is basically a scam at this point. Give us our grades back.
This is so unfair. I worked my tail off for a 93.4 and it counts as an A-? That is not right at all.
total nonsense. DHS needs to get it together. stop making it harder for us to get into college over some silly rules.
My gpa is literally suffering because of a few decimal points. Just round to the nearest whole number like every other school in the country.
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The school board just confirmed the new grading scale is officially rolling back to the standard policy which means the rounding issue is finally resolved. I am legitimately shocked that this actually happened so quickly because honestly I was prepared for a much longer fight but I am beyond relieved …
April 13, 2013
Final supporters
Following changes to the Dexter High School grading scale initiated this year, an A- now accounts for any score from 90-93.99. It also prohibits rounding to whole numbers, but instead to the nearest hundredth. This means a student receiving a 93.994% in a class will be given a 93.99 and thus an A-. The vast majority of U.S high schools recognize a 90-92 as an A- and above that an A. This scale also follows a logical inconsistency with the rest of the DHS grading scale: B-, C-, D- are all 80-82, 70-72, 60-62 respectively. We understand that this change occurred in part due to individual teachers' manipulation of student grades. The solution is a school wide policy of automatic rounding to the nearest whole percentage and a consistent grading scale.
Updates
January 16, 2013
I spent the last few hours looking at the actual grade books and the sheer inconsistency of these ranges is honestly mind boggling when you write it all out. It feels like the administration is just hoping we get tired and stop paying attention to how much this math hurts our GPAs. I am drafting a direct email to the department heads now so keep an eye out for whatever response they scramble to put together.
Reached 100 supporters
January 16, 2013
6 Comments
why are they punishing us for their own lack of trust in teachers? fix this scale it makes zero sense compared to the rest of the grades.
93.99 is an A. period. stop being cheap with our grades.
Finally someone said it. The rounding policy is basically a scam at this point. Give us our grades back.
This is so unfair. I worked my tail off for a 93.4 and it counts as an A-? That is not right at all.
total nonsense. DHS needs to get it together. stop making it harder for us to get into college over some silly rules.
My gpa is literally suffering because of a few decimal points. Just round to the nearest whole number like every other school in the country.
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why are they punishing us for their own lack of trust in teachers? fix this scale it makes zero sense compared to the rest of the grades.