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High school letter grade percentages12/28/2023 In this roundtable discussion, EdSource’s John Fensterwald, Anne Vasquez and Carolyn Jones spoke with California educators and leaders who are immersed in the process of re-examining grading.Ī recent UC Board of Regents memo noted that a student from an under-resourced high school “may perform poorly on initial assignments.” As they learn the material over the course of the term, the student may ultimately ace the final exam yet still end up with a below average grade because of those early assignments. Related EdSource Roundtable The future of grading: When failure is not an option That could stem from the availability of rigorous courses in that student’s high school, such as Advanced Placement classes. Often, Greene said, what grades really measure is the student’s preparation to do college work. The changes are especially being considered for first-year students to give them more time to get used to the rigors of college work and learn the material over the course of a semester rather than discourage them early on with low scores on tests and other assignments.Īll the possibilities are a welcome development to Jody Greene, the associate vice provost of teaching at UC Santa Cruz, who argues that letter grades aren’t necessarily indicative of whether a student has mastered the material. Students take a standard individual exam before also taking a group test where they work with other students. Some departments have begun using two-stage exams. Other times, it may mean allowing students to choose which assignments get the most weight in determining their grade.Īt UC Irvine, Academic Senate leaders are currently evaluating long-term options around grading and have met with officials at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where students don’t receive letter grades for their first semester, to learn about that university’s approach.ĭepartments at other UC campuses are also experimenting with making changes to how they test students, putting less emphasis on high-stakes exams because some students aren’t good test takers but can demonstrate their understanding of the material in other ways. In some cases, that means awarding students a pass or no-pass grade rather than a letter grade. Inside some University of California academic departments and colleges, an atypical idea is gaining steam: De-emphasize or even ditch the A-F grading system and rethink how to assess student learning.ĭivisions like UC Berkeley’s College of Chemistry and UC Davis’s Department of Mathematics are deliberating whether to change how they grade students. Alison Yin for EdSourceĭo you count on EdSource? If so, please make your donation today. University of California at Berkeley students in Doe Library.
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