Some schools have found how useless GPAs are and have adopted narrative evaluations [1]. The grading in my course is not relative. I set a rubric that I assess

Some schools have found how useless GPAs are and have adopted narrative evaluations [1]. The grading in my course is not relative. I set a rubric that I assess each individual on. Sure, within the class you can compare grades, but I wouldn't say it is particularly meaningful. Comparing between classes or universities is completely meaningless. People just want a simple number that can accurately represent someone's knowledge/learning/skill/effort, but it doesn't exist. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative_evaluation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative_evaluation