Is it a good idea to Drop D's from the grading scale?

[ShyGuyInChicago]

Would this encourage people to do better? Are D's redundant and just as bad a F's in the eyes of society, institutions, and employers?

[Amnesiac]

If we dropped it, would we replace it with C or F? Are we gonna fail more students or save more students?

[ShyGuyInChicago]

If we dropped it, would we replace it with C or F? Are we gonna fail more students or save more students?

The schools who have dropped it just have A, B, C and F, and even some schools have also dropped the C from the scale as well.

[Amnesiac]

The schools who have dropped it just have A, B, C and F, and even some schools have also dropped the C from the scale as well.

I don't really care about D's being dropped, since they occupy only 5 points on the grading scale, but dropping C's is a little far.

[ShyGuyInChicago]

I don't really care about D's being dropped, since they occupy only 5 points on the grading scale, but dropping C's is a little far.

5 points?

This is the grading scale I am familiar with

100-90 A
89-80 B
79-70 C
69-60 D
59-0 F

I have also seen scales where the lowest D was 70, the lowest C was 80, the lowest B was 90.

[Sage]

At my school, we have A, B, C+, C, C-, and F. An F is 49% of lower.

[Amnesiac]

5 points?

This is the grading scale I am familiar with

100-90 A
89-80 B
79-70 C
69-60 D
59-0 F

I have also seen scales where the lowest D was 70, the lowest C was 80, the lowest B was 90.

I thought it was:

90-100 A
80-90 B
75-80 C
70-75 D
69 and lower F

I think that's how it works at my school.

[Perseus]

It'd be a dick move since my school is
A - 90-100
B - 80-89
C - 79-74
D - 73-70
F - 69 and below

So yeah, it'd make no sense to throw out that D and make Fs 69 and below because my school district wouldn't do the smart thing and make C 79-70; nope they'd make it an F.

[Nexus]

On an opposite note, my local school district is considering dropping the passing grade from C to D to compensate for all of the failing students.

[Amnesiac]

On an opposite note, my local school district is considering dropping the passing grade from C to D to compensate for all of the failing students.

Your district fails students at a C? What is this madness? If that happened here, everyone except me and a handful of people would be failing multiple classes.

[Whisper]

I fucking hate grading scales period
stick to percentages, its far more accurate
in alberta theres none of that A, B, C, D, F crap

[Nexus]

Your district fails students at a C? What is this madness? If that happened here, everyone except me and a handful of people would be failing multiple classes.

Yeah, it's pretty absurd when you take a look at how many kids here are unable to graduate due to lack of credits. I support the proposition, but a lot of people are making a fuss that we're setting way too low of a standard for graduation.

[Amnesiac]

Yeah, it's pretty absurd when you take a look at how many kids here are unable to graduate due to lack of credits. I support the proposition, but a lot of people are making a fuss that we're setting way too low of a standard for graduation.

Pssht, there's a difference between being reasonable and failing everyone who isn't perfect.

[Jess]

um no we don't need to drop D's from the grading scale

[Syvelocin]

My high school had dropped Ds, it sucked very badly, especially in my early high school years when my grades would be passing, but then I was failing instead.

A - 100-90
B - 89-80
C - 79-70
F - 69 and below

[Azunite]

Lol A-B-C system always seems complicated for me lol.
Here it is...
100-85 = 5
84-70 = 4
69-55= 3
54-45 = 2
44-0 = 1

[huginnmuninn]

how about we add E to the grading scale instead of taking away D

[Obscene Eyedeas]

Percentage Range Grade
90 or over A1
85 but less than 90 A2
80 but less than 85 B1
75 but less than 80 B2
70 but less than 75 B3
65 but less than 70 C1
60 but less than 65 C2
55 but less than 60 C3
50 but less than 55 D1
45 but less than 50 D2
40 but less than 45 D3
25 but less than 40 E
10 but less than 25 F
Less than 10 No Grade

Getting rid of D imo would be good

[huginnmuninn]

heres an idea

A 100-70
F 69-00

lets get rid of Bs Cs and Ds

[Obscene Eyedeas]

heres an idea

A 100-70
F 69-00

lets get rid of Bs Cs and Ds

So you are saying that someone who gets 100 percent is the same as someone who gets 70 percent? thats too big a gap

[Atonement]

I agree with Kodie because the letters a simple symbols so what's the point?

My scale is

A - 100-90
B - 89-80
C - 79-70
D - 69-60
F - 60-0

To me, D is fine. But I don't understand the point that D is counted as passing? I personally think anything below around a 75 or 80 shouldn't pass. I think the standard is lowered because people don't try. Its disappointing. To think that someone only understood 61% of the material but gets full credit as someone who got 100% of the content. Its just unequal.

[Church]

My High-School doesnt have D's

Its A - 100-89.9
B - 79.9-89.8
C - 70 - 79.8
NC - No credit, anything below 70

[ShyGuyInChicago]

I agree with Kodie because the letters a simple symbols so what's the point?

My scale is

A - 100-90
B - 89-80
C - 79-70
D - 69-60
F - 60-0

To me, D is fine. But I don't understand the point that D is counted as passing? I personally think anything below around a 75 or 80 shouldn't pass. I think the standard is lowered because people don't try. Its disappointing. To think that someone only understood 61% of the material but gets full credit as someone who got 100% of the content. Its just unequal.

Well that is not necessarily a problem because with grade points a person with D gets less than an A. So a person can pass and still earn less.

A: 4
B: 3
C: 2
D: 1
F: 0

[Jess]

in my elementary school (in WI) 90-92% were counted as Bs lol

it's now the same as most other places

89.5-100 -- A
79.5-89 -- B
69.5-79 -- C
59.5-69 -- D
Below 59 - E (Fail)

[Brantley]

I think we shouldn't

[SoWhatsUp]

Such a range in grading scales, the country needs to have one unified grading system. I don't even know how colleges deal with that.