Anonymous
Post 02/08/2025 21:01     Subject: Why do Catholic schools use such a different grading scale?
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?
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2025 20:59     Subject: Why do Catholic schools use such a different grading scale?
Anonymous wrote:OP here- private Catholic


That is the scale at your particular Catholic school, not all Catholic schools. Why did you generalize?
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2025 19:52     Subject: Re:Why do Catholic schools use such a different grading scale?
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
Post 02/08/2025 19:38     Subject: Why do Catholic schools use such a different grading scale?
FCPS used to use this bonkers scale.

Most independents use the ten point scale
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2025 19:28     Subject: Why do Catholic schools use such a different grading scale?
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
Post 08/14/2023 10:14     Subject: Why do Catholic schools use such a different grading scale?
My undergraduate program was like this. It's not a Catholic thing.
Anonymous
Post 08/13/2023 12:40     Subject: Why do Catholic schools use such a different grading scale?
Anonymous wrote:
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
Post 08/13/2023 12:19     Subject: Re:Why do Catholic schools use such a different grading scale?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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.