grade curve

[kaccii]

I'm thinking about curving the semester exam grades for my seniors. The average was 78. The highest grade was 90 (a B in this school division

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[st_lucifer]

What I usually do in that situation is just divide all grades by the highest grade, rather than adding 10 points.

That way, 90 becomes 90/90 (100%); 80 becomes an 89,
70 becomes a 78, etc. The square root curve shouldn't be used unless you *really* fucked up- i.e. a 36 = 60. This one's pretty fair.

[kaccii]

Thanks. I did that but with 95 as the highest grade. I've given these apathetic no-good fuckers enough (maybe a bit harsh?!). So, no one's going to be "given" 100. I've given them plenty already. (And what they've been given is probably worth more than a good curve on the semester exam, um, 5% of their end-of-year grade I think).

Today's a happy day though. I don't have to see them again until next Tuesday. OH, DAMN, I should've said "C U Next Tuesday!" Shoot!

(Believe it or not, there are actually some students I like in that class.)

[st_lucifer]

One thing I didn't pay attention to there is that the average is 78. That's really not too bad- I usually want an average of 82-84. It's a semester exam- grades are expected to be a little lower than average. You might keep that in consideration.

[self_collection]

That's what I was going to say that I would do.. make it a 95. You're right they do not deserve to be "given" 100.