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How to Use a Modified Curve for Grading

Grading assignments, projects, tests or quizzes on a modified curve is sometimes necessary and an appropriate course of action for educators. While a standard curve relates to curving everyone's quarter or semester grade, modified curving relates to individual assignments. If everyone makes lower than usual grades, the instructions were unclear, the time to complete the assignment had to be shortened or a number of other scenarios exist, grading on a curve can be an easy remedy. This action can also be useful if the characteristically high-achieving students do not perform as well as usual, which may trace back to a lesson or lecture not being adequately covered.

Instructions

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      Add a certain number of points to everyone's grade. For example, if the highest grade earned was a 95 out of 100, the teacher could add five points to every student's grade for the curve.

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      Reduce the number of points the assignment was worth. For example, if the test you created had several incorrect or too difficult questions, those questions could be dropped and the test could be adjusted to a basis of 95 instead of 100 points.

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      Drop the lowest assignment grade each student has earned. This action will help curve everyone's grade slightly up and will give students hope that even if they have one bad assignment or bad day, they will be able to recover.

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      Decide if, instead of modified curving of individual assignments, you would prefer standard curving of quarter and/or semester grades. If only one student earns an A and you feel that perhaps three should have earned an A, then everyone's grade could be rounded up an equal number of points in order to have those two other A-worthy students finish with A's.

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