The Overdue Death of a Dinosaur or It’s Time to End “Tax Bracket” GPA Grading
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Authors
Todd, Robert S.
Issue Date
2015-03-27
Type
Presentation
Language
en_US
Keywords
Discrete grading system , Grading , Education , Linear, catalog-compliant grade point average (LGPA) , Continuous grade point average (CGPA)
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Abstract
This paper presents a continuous alternative to the discrete grading system currently used by virtually all schools and colleges throughout the country. In order to most accurately reflect the nuances of academic achievement of a student, a continuous grading policy is superior to a discrete policy. Such a scheme is presented here. The ubiquity of computational aids, particularly Excel, makes such an alternative both viable and trivial.