http://www.rockbridgeseminary.org/learning-upgrades/moving-from-100-point-to-1000-point-grading Learn Where You Serve Sat, 17 Dec 2011 04:52:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.rockbridgeseminary.org/learning-upgrades/moving-from-100-point-to-1000-point-grading/comment-page-1#comment-17 Chris Olson Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:04:03 +0000 http://74.50.51.89/moving-from-100-point-to-1000-point-grading.html#comment-17 <p>I really wish you had consulted someone familiar with statistics before you made this move. It is a figment of imagination to believe that a 1000 point grading system will allow refinement in expressing the achievement of a student. Evan a 100 point grading system is deceptive in its expression of differences in student achievement. Does anyone really believe that a person who receives, say, a 95 has achieved less than a person who receives a 96? Assignments only sample what a student knows. Sampling has well known benefits and well-known pitfalls. I think the faculty are deluding themselves if they think otherwise.</p> I really wish you had consulted someone familiar with statistics before you made this move. It is a figment of imagination to believe that a 1000 point grading system will allow refinement in expressing the achievement of a student. Evan a 100 point grading system is deceptive in its expression of differences in student achievement. Does anyone really believe that a person who receives, say, a 95 has achieved less than a person who receives a 96? Assignments only sample what a student knows. Sampling has well known benefits and well-known pitfalls. I think the faculty are deluding themselves if they think otherwise.

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