Anonymous
10/29/2021 18:08
Subject: APS Grading scale - not SBG
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Also a teacher. I don’t round up.
That's ridiculous.
Why?
Because whole numbers are grades. Rounding is taught in early elementary school for a reason. It's used everywhere! So, for a teacher not to follow the same protocols used everywhere else numbers come into play is ridiculous.
Yeah I hope you aren't a math teacher! Not rounding 89.6 to 90 reflects a poor understanding of basic math.
Some round up. Some don't. There is no requirement to round. There is no "protocol." Sorry that you don't like it. Go complain to my boss. See how far that gets you. Or just keep whining anonymously if that makes you feel better.
not PP, but do you give out grades on assignments to the first decimal place? If not, you're wrong to not round. Not talking about protocol - just basic math: https://www.ruf.rice.edu/~bioslabs/tools/data_analysis/errors_sigfigs.html
Or, perhaps, +0.5 since we know that rounds to 1
This isn't "just basic math." You are straining to make a mostly qualitative process into something quantitative.
that's exactly what grades are....
Anonymous
10/29/2021 17:55
Subject: APS Grading scale - not SBG
Anonymous wrote:There are a total number of points to be earned in my class. If a student fails to get 90% of them, they don’t get an A. Sorry, but I don’t round. I do, however, tell my students this. I have plenty of hard-working students. Hard work doesn’t necessarily mean an A.
What you mean is if kids don't get 90.0% of the points they don't get an A. again I really hope you don't teach math.
Anonymous
10/29/2021 16:55
Subject: Re:APS Grading scale - not SBG
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP, and interesting to see responses from multiple teachers. For better or worse, it's another indicator in APS that the answer is "it depends". Kids with the exact same score could end up with different grades depending on the teacher they have.
DS asked his teacher and she does round so he has an A. To PP's comment above, the world won't end if my middle schooler gets a B rather than an A in an intensified class, but yes it would probably feel better to earn a solid 85% B than to get a B and know you missed an A by less than half a percentage point.
Yet, that is how the real world operates in many circumstances. Disappointment is a part of life.
Very profound
Anonymous
10/29/2021 16:33
Subject: Re:APS Grading scale - not SBG
Anonymous wrote:OP, and interesting to see responses from multiple teachers. For better or worse, it's another indicator in APS that the answer is "it depends". Kids with the exact same score could end up with different grades depending on the teacher they have.
DS asked his teacher and she does round so he has an A. To PP's comment above, the world won't end if my middle schooler gets a B rather than an A in an intensified class, but yes it would probably feel better to earn a solid 85% B than to get a B and know you missed an A by less than half a percentage point.
Yet, that is how the real world operates in many circumstances. Disappointment is a part of life.
Anonymous
10/29/2021 15:48
Subject: Re:APS Grading scale - not SBG
OP, and interesting to see responses from multiple teachers. For better or worse, it's another indicator in APS that the answer is "it depends". Kids with the exact same score could end up with different grades depending on the teacher they have.
DS asked his teacher and she does round so he has an A. To PP's comment above, the world won't end if my middle schooler gets a B rather than an A in an intensified class, but yes it would probably feel better to earn a solid 85% B than to get a B and know you missed an A by less than half a percentage point.
DS asked his teacher and she does round so he has an A. To PP's comment above, the world won't end if my middle schooler gets a B rather than an A in an intensified class, but yes it would probably feel better to earn a solid 85% B than to get a B and know you missed an A by less than half a percentage point.
Anonymous
10/29/2021 15:08
Subject: APS Grading scale - not SBG
I think the larger question is whether OP's kid should be taking the intensified class if he's in danger of not getting the grade he wants.
Anonymous
10/29/2021 12:56
Subject: APS Grading scale - not SBG
There are a total number of points to be earned in my class. If a student fails to get 90% of them, they don’t get an A. Sorry, but I don’t round. I do, however, tell my students this. I have plenty of hard-working students. Hard work doesn’t necessarily mean an A.
Anonymous
10/29/2021 12:50
Subject: APS Grading scale - not SBG
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Also a teacher. I don’t round up.
That's ridiculous.
Why?
Because whole numbers are grades. Rounding is taught in early elementary school for a reason. It's used everywhere! So, for a teacher not to follow the same protocols used everywhere else numbers come into play is ridiculous.
Yeah I hope you aren't a math teacher! Not rounding 89.6 to 90 reflects a poor understanding of basic math.
Some round up. Some don't. There is no requirement to round. There is no "protocol." Sorry that you don't like it. Go complain to my boss. See how far that gets you. Or just keep whining anonymously if that makes you feel better.
not PP, but do you give out grades on assignments to the first decimal place? If not, you're wrong to not round. Not talking about protocol - just basic math: https://www.ruf.rice.edu/~bioslabs/tools/data_analysis/errors_sigfigs.html
Or, perhaps, +0.5 since we know that rounds to 1
This isn't "just basic math." You are straining to make a mostly qualitative process into something quantitative.
Anonymous
10/29/2021 12:26
Subject: APS Grading scale - not SBG
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Also a teacher. I don’t round up.
That's ridiculous.
Why?
Because whole numbers are grades. Rounding is taught in early elementary school for a reason. It's used everywhere! So, for a teacher not to follow the same protocols used everywhere else numbers come into play is ridiculous.
Yeah I hope you aren't a math teacher! Not rounding 89.6 to 90 reflects a poor understanding of basic math.
Some round up. Some don't. There is no requirement to round. There is no "protocol." Sorry that you don't like it. Go complain to my boss. See how far that gets you. Or just keep whining anonymously if that makes you feel better.
not PP, but do you give out grades on assignments to the first decimal place? If not, you're wrong to not round. Not talking about protocol - just basic math: https://www.ruf.rice.edu/~bioslabs/tools/data_analysis/errors_sigfigs.html
Or, perhaps, +0.5 since we know that rounds to 1
Anonymous
10/29/2021 12:24
Subject: APS Grading scale - not SBG
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Also a teacher. I don’t round up.
That's ridiculous.
Why?
Because whole numbers are grades. Rounding is taught in early elementary school for a reason. It's used everywhere! So, for a teacher not to follow the same protocols used everywhere else numbers come into play is ridiculous.
Yeah I hope you aren't a math teacher! Not rounding 89.6 to 90 reflects a poor understanding of basic math.
Some round up. Some don't. There is no requirement to round. There is no "protocol." Sorry that you don't like it. Go complain to my boss. See how far that gets you. Or just keep whining anonymously if that makes you feel better.
+1
Or, perhaps, +0.5 since we know that rounds to 1
not PP, but do you give out grades on assignments to the first decimal place? If not, you're wrong to not round. Not talking about protocol - just basic math: https://www.ruf.rice.edu/~bioslabs/tools/data_analysis/errors_sigfigs.html
Anonymous
10/29/2021 11:59
Subject: APS Grading scale - not SBG
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Also a teacher. I don’t round up.
That's ridiculous.
Why?
Because whole numbers are grades. Rounding is taught in early elementary school for a reason. It's used everywhere! So, for a teacher not to follow the same protocols used everywhere else numbers come into play is ridiculous.
Yeah I hope you aren't a math teacher! Not rounding 89.6 to 90 reflects a poor understanding of basic math.
Some round up. Some don't. There is no requirement to round. There is no "protocol." Sorry that you don't like it. Go complain to my boss. See how far that gets you. Or just keep whining anonymously if that makes you feel better.
not PP, but do you give out grades on assignments to the first decimal place? If not, you're wrong to not round. Not talking about protocol - just basic math: https://www.ruf.rice.edu/~bioslabs/tools/data_analysis/errors_sigfigs.html