EDITORIAL: Reviving the meaning of grades

University Wire;  February 13, 2002 ;   Staff Editorial;   787 words ......quality work deserves to receive high grades, but the talent of Harvard's student body...not dictate that the University withhold grades below B for only the most unusual circumstances...to reform its grading policies so that grades better serve their original intent; a...

GCSE RESULTS SUCCESS FOR TEENAGERS IN WALES : How counties made the...

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  August 26, 2005 ;     72 words ...Anglesey 98.8% of pupils gained grades A* - G; 63.1% grades A* - C; 17.9% grades A*/A. Gwynedd 99.3% of pupils gained grades A* - G; 66.1% grades A* - C; 19.2% grades A*/A. Conwy 97.7% of pupils gained grades A*-G; 60.8% grades A*-C; 17.8% grades...

Are math grades cyclical?

Educational Research Quarterly;  September 1, 1998 ;   Adams, Gerald J;   787 words ......report examines the cyclical nature of student grades over a six year period An autoregressive integrated...ARIMA) to examine the cyclical nature of student grades. In general, student grades are above average for the first grading cycle of...

Taking the fear out of grades

Michigan Chronicle;  November 26, 1996 ;   David L. Snead;   441 words ......Chronicle 11-26-1996 Taking the fear out of grades. Many of us remember a time as a child...distributed and we wanted to run and hide. Grades and test results have the ability to create...arousing fear is certainly not the purpose of grades. Grades actually serve a number of positive...

COLUMN: Grades become an addictive goal

University Wire;  December 16, 2005 ;   Daniel J. Kristie;   637 words ......student is someone who scrambles to get good grades in hopes of one day earning a degree...thing we absolutely must do is get good grades and graduate. This is not enough. We're paying for an education, but getting grades instead. Professor Monte Hull of Temple...

GETTING A GRIP ON GRADES.(Home Front)

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  October 11, 1998 ;     226 words ......said children should keep up with their grades and average these once a week. I spoke...teachers already make them write down their grades. Is this the same thing? I don't want...and to help your sons improve their grades - an organizational system must meet three...

Pupils celebrate their best-ever GCSE results ; Teenagers across the...

Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  August 22, 2008 ;   Olivier Vergnault; Petra Mann;   379 words ......with many students achieving 11 A* grades. Education officials said this year...Devon, 20 students scored 10 or more A* grades. Meanwhile, more than 100 out of the 120 year group gained eight A*/A grades. At schools across Devon and Cornwall...

TEACHER CONCEALS STUDENT GRADES.(Kentucky Life)

The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY);  November 9, 2002 ;     514 words ......one of her teachers if she could see her grades to average them to know whether she needed to do extra credit to bring her grades up. Her teacher told her no and said she was not allowed to see her grades. Why would a student not be permitted to...

EDITORIAL: Fighting to deflate grades

University Wire;  June 3, 2002 ;   Staff Editorial;   787 words ......year, people actually started to listen. Grades at Harvard have consistently risen throughout the past century; today, 50 percent of grades are either As or A-minuses. By all accounts...account for such a massive increase in grades. Admitted students' SAT scores have increased...

Where all grades are above average

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  February 2, 2003 ;   STUART ROJSTACZER;   787 words ...00-00-0000 Where all grades are above average By STUART ROJSTACZER...Editions.=.Sunday I RECENTLY HANDED in my grades for an undergraduate course I teach at...very good, I just drop down slightly, to grades that range from A-minus to B-minus. The...

Where All Grades Are Above Average

The Washington Post;  January 28, 2003 ;   Stuart Rojstaczer;   768 words ...I recently handed in my grades for an undergraduate course I teach...good, I just drop down slightly, to grades that range from A-minus to B-minus...make up less than 10 percent of all grades. In 1969 the C was a respectable thing...

Money for good grades

Capital (Annapolis);  October 21, 2004 ;     787 words ...Is it OK to reward good grades with cash? Of the more than 47,000 people...12th-graders said getting paid for better grades would motivate them "a lot." Still, giving a child money for good grades is controversial. Some experts say that cash-for-grades...

Mailing grades home a thing of the past at U. Alabama

University Wire;  November 2, 1999 ;   Tracie Troha;   398 words ......Did you have problems getting your grades over the summer? You may not be the only...students who say they like having the grades on the Internet, but it's nice to have...on it. "I think it's better to see the grades on a piece of paper instead of on a computer...

COLUMN: The case of the missing grades

University Wire;  January 16, 2007 ;   Gary Miller;   609 words ......ends, my mother likes to ask about my grades every couple of hours. I've always been...George Washington University, received his grades in December. And it was the same with...Syracuse, Rhode Island and Rutgers. Their grades are always posted promptly. So what exactly...

Headteachers delighted as high-fliers produce top grades; GCSE RESULTS...

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  August 24, 2007 ;     548 words ......THIRD of candidates achieved A* or A grades in at least seven subjects, with seven students achieving A* or A grades in all 10 of their subjects. Headmaster...Walker, from Heswall, who gained nine A* grades and one grade A. BIRKENHEAD HIGH MORE...