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I actually think there’s a really good rationale for that. If F is a 50%, why is the lowest score a 0? What is the significance of all the numbers between 0 an
by dangus 2y ago
I actually think there’s a really good rationale for that.
If F is a 50%, why is the lowest score a 0? What is the significance of all the numbers between 0 and 50% if all of those numbers mean the same thing?
If I have 10 assignments and I don’t show up for 5 of them and got a perfect score on the other 5, in a system where my score is 0% for the 5 missed assignments I average out to getting the exact same final grade (F) as someone who didn’t show up for a single test. That doesn’t really make much sense, either.
Put another way, every other letter grade has somewhere close to 10 points in the grade range but then F has 50 points in its grade range.
- mc32 2y agoF isn’t 50%, it’s anything below 60% (it could be anything below any cutoff percentage that can be above 50%). As in the minimum passing grade is above whatever the minimum cutoff is set to. Most certifications have a 70% minimum cutoff. A few require 80% or higher.