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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do Catholic schools use such a different grading scale?
C= 76.5-84.4
D=76.5-71
F= 70- under

Call me old school but wasn't a 70 typically a C not an F?
Are they trying to prove something?  Do the other schools know the different grading scales?[/quote]

I went to school in a country where 50% was the lowest passing grade.  I moved there from the U.S. where my high school had 60% as the lowest passing grade.  It doesn't mean that my U.S. high school was more challenging, it just meant that as the teachers created their tests, and rubrics, they kept different standards in mind.  So, a test in the U.S. would have fewer questions that were enrichment and went beyond the curriculum and more questions like multiple choice where a student is likely to get some points even if they don't know anything.

I would imagine that whichever Catholic schools use the grading scale above are the opposite.  Although my kids' Catholic school uses a more standard grading scale.[/quote]

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