Grading
I grde individual assignments and
questions on exams as letter grades. For me it is more meaningful
than numeric values. When computing overall grades, however, I do
convert these into numeric values. The following is the conversion of
letter grades to numeric values.
| A+ |
99 |
| A+/A |
98 |
| A |
96 |
| A/A- |
94 |
| A- |
92 |
| A-/B+ |
90 |
| B+ |
89 |
| B+/B |
88 |
| B |
86 |
| B/B- |
84 |
| B- |
82 |
| B-/C+ |
80 |
| C+ |
79 |
| C+/C |
78 |
| C |
76 |
| C/C- |
74 |
| C- |
72 |
| C-/D+ |
70 |
| D+ |
69 |
| D+/D |
68 |
| D |
66 |
| D/D- |
64 |
| D- |
62 |
| D-/F |
60 |
The exact numeric values taht convert
to letter grades does vary each year. I try to find natural
breaks between ranges for grades. Typical values will look like
this:
A
|
93+
|
A-
|
90-92
|
B+
|
88-89
|
B
|
83-87
|
B-
|
80-82
|
C+
|
78-79
|
C
|
73-77
|
C-
|
70-72
|
D+
|
68-69
|
D
|
63-67
|
F
|
62-
|