Why do Catholic schools use such a different grading scale?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When I went to Catholic school in the 70s, one could not earn higher than a 99, because "only God is perfect".

Haha!! I had forgotten that but yes, we were told the same thing in NY Catholic school in the 70s.

Is that why the HSPT only goes to 99?

No, HSPT scores are percentiles, not percentages. 99th percentile is the highest possible.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Your question is "why does my child's school" use this scale, and the person to ask is someone at your child's school. This isn't a universal "Catholic school" thing.

I do know that the Archdiocese of Washington uses that scale in all of its elementary schools. 93+ is an A, 85-92 is a B

This is how it was when I was young.

[Anonymous]

My undergraduate program was like this. It's not a Catholic thing.

[Anonymous]

There IS actually a difference. Yes,Catholic parochial schools are private( v. Public) There are also PRI VATE Catholic schools,primarily including an opportunity to board.

[Anonymous]

FCPS used to use this bonkers scale.

Most independents use the ten point scale

[Anonymous]

For my daughter's high school which uses half grades: A+ 97-100, A 93-96, A- 90-92, B+ 87-89, B 83-86, B- 80-82, C+ 77-79, C 73-76, C- 70-72, D 65-69

Also no quarterly grades -- just the semester grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here- private Catholic

That is the scale at your particular Catholic school, not all Catholic schools. Why did you generalize?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There IS actually a difference. Yes,Catholic parochial schools are private( v. Public) There are also PRI VATE Catholic schools,primarily including an opportunity to board.

You resurrected a zombie thread to post this incoherent sentence?