Here is the single most interesting item from orientation:
UCLA has a policy on classes of larger than 40 people that grades be assigned on a strict curve -- 20% of the class gets A's, 60% B's and 20% C's.
I guess this is a shock to the system for folks who came from massively grade-inflated colleges. To me, restoring statistical value to the A is a worthy goal. The last time I got a C was in 5th grade for 'behavior'. Fortunately in 6th grade they stopped evaluating that category.
20 Aug 04
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Still sounds like grade inflation to me-- nobody gets a "D" or "F" and I thought "C" was supposed to be average.
Posted by: Maggie at August 23, 2004 07:48 PMI assume the curve only applies to people who are passing the course, and the possibility of total failure still exists.
Posted by: MB at August 23, 2004 10:46 PM