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TexasProgresive

(12,290 posts)

7. If the grades don't fall on the bell curve

Reply to eridani (Reply #6)

Sun May 10, 2015, 05:21 AM

May 2015

There is something wrong. Out of any 100 people most should be average, a few above average and a few below average. 40+% in the highest category is a definite anomaly. It appears to me that teachers and professors are being leaned on to skew the curve. Either that or there is rampant cheating being done by the students. I suspect it is a mixture.

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What’s the Point of a Professor? [View all] n2doc May 2015 OP

Back in the day in a galaxy far far away TexasProgresive May 2015 #1

Harvard is even much higher then that yeoman6987 May 2015 #2

The teacher I disliked the most was my 6th grade science teacher. Scootaloo May 2015 #3

Curve grading is idiotic. eridani May 2015 #6

If the grades don't fall on the bell curve TexasProgresive May 2015 #7

I see no reason why grades should necessarily fall on a bell curve. eridani May 2015 #11

I guess we will disagree TexasProgresive May 2015 #12

Who gives only letter grades in college? If you got a 95, you know you eridani May 2015 #13

85 is an A? TexasProgresive May 2015 #14

Straw man. No one **EVER** said that only 10% of the class can learn the material. eppur_se_muova May 2015 #8

There's a difference in definition. Igel May 2015 #9

The pivot point for grade inflation started with one very specific change: Buzz Clik May 2015 #4

if u learn the material taught, an A is appropriate. purpose of class is to learn what's taught, NOT msongs May 2015 #5

That's one view. Igel May 2015 #10

The bell curve grading system iis a seriously flawed system that needs to be stopped. greatlaurel May 2015 #15