Does your high school have "+" and "-" grades?

[Planogirl]

We had D's but they were treated exactly life F's so I never saw the point. It was really all about GPA anyway so the letters didn't mean much overall.

 

[laura.anne]

So no GPA at all? Hmmm, that's interesting. Is valedictorian selected based on highest average percentage? That actually seems better. A local school had something like 19 kids who all "tied" with 4.0 GPAs, so they were all valedictorians.

The high school I went to had its GPA calculated this way. It's not really "no GPA," it's just a GPA on a different scale. For instance, to graduate with Honors your GPA had to be above a 90-something (can't remember exactly). The valedictorian and salutatorian were decided based on who had the higher GPA, just like you said.

OP we have a +/- grading system at the college I just graduated from. It's great except for the fact that you can't earn an A+, which would have helped me in quite a few classes. I would not be able to stand not having +/-.

 

[Shanna-like-Banana]

So no GPA at all? Hmmm, that's interesting. Is valedictorian selected based on highest average percentage? That actually seems better. A local school had something like 19 kids who all "tied" with 4.0 GPAs, so they were all valedictorians.

I have no knowledge of how the high schools compute the GPA's.

I know that on elem and middle school reports there is no GPA computed.

But on another note, our school district does not have Valedictorian at all.

I do know that there is a un-published "rank", if the student asks their councelor, they will be told and yes there can be several students "tied" for the same rank.

 

[mom2travel]

Our district is even harsher

A = 93 - 100
B = 86 - 92
C = 77 – 85
D = 70 – 76

This is what our district does also.
It's rough to end up with a 92 and have it feed into your GPA as a 3.0

 

[jrmasm]

I have no knowledge of how the high schools compute the GPA's.

I know that on elem and middle school reports there is no GPA computed.

But on another note, our school district does not have Valedictorian at all. I do know that there is a un-published "rank", if the student asks their councelor, they will be told and yes there can be several students "tied" for the same rank.

Why not?

 

[pookybean]

I'm going to throw everyone for a loop. My daughters school (K-8) does not use traditional A,B etc... grades at all. They use Blooms Taxonomy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom's_Taxonomy) to determine how the students learn, know and use what is taught.

So the report card looks like this:
E – EMERGING: The student is at a "readiness" level and is prepared to begin to learn skill/concept.

K – KNOWING: The student demonstrates the ability to know, remember, or recall specific bits of information. This is shown through the student's ability to list, define, state, repeat, name and recognize.

C – COMPREHENDING: The student can explain and understand a new skill/concept. This is shown through the student's ability to explain, demonstrate, paraphrase, interpret, restate and describe.

A – APPLYING: The student uses the demonstrated skills/concepts in new situations. This is shown through the student's ability to apply solve, demonstrate, show and report.

TBA – TO BE ADDRESSED: Skill has not yet been introduced, covered or assessed.

She is in 7th grade now so it hasn't been an issue. Many kids have gotten into good high schools even with this scale so it is transferable to letter grades somehow. I like it. My DD has a learning disability so I am able to see how she is grasping and using the info rather than how well she did on tests etc..