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What I don't like about the UK system is that even though in theory marks can range from 0 to 100 percent, it seems that for practically all students, the marks
by fractalsea 13y ago
What I don't like about the UK system is that even though in theory marks can range from 0 to 100 percent, it seems that for practically all students, the marks are garunteed to fall in the 55 to 75 percent range. I don't mean averages, I mean for each price of work.
To me, this completely negates the point of having 100 marks to choose from.
- privong 13y agoOften the grades will follow a gaussian (normal) distribution. In that case, the wider, less used range, is important in capturing and quantifying the outliers. It would be an effective grading system if it saturated at the high or low end because it would no longer have the power to differentiate at the saturated end.
- zanny 13y agoIt is completely arbitrary in the US too. Most parents will berate their children for getting a B- or C in grade school, even if that translates into 77 - 82% of some complicated problems done correctly. There were some courses I had in college where showing up and doing the homework guaranteed a 90% and the last 10% was just test grades. They might have been low 100 level courses, but someone gaming the college system can get a 4.0 GPA taking all low level courses except the bare minimums to get their choice degree, have less knowledge than someone with a 3.5, but get hired easier because the GPA is high.