This is just unfuk'nbelievable! (Bean's school district but mine probably does it too being as they have only lost about 5 games in the last 6 or 7 years.
ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — A change is coming to high school transcripts in the Round Rock Independent School District.
Starting this school year, the administration has decided to eliminate “D” from its letter grading scale.
Current grading scale New grading scale
A 90-100 A 90-100
B 80-89 B 80-89
C 75-79 C 70-79
D 70-74 F Below 70
F Below 70 Source: RRISD
A grade in the low 70s will no longer be classified as a “D.” The student will now get a “C” which represents all grades in the 70s. Any grade below 70 is still an “F.”
A student’s grade point average and class rank will still be calculated the same.
The district says it decided to make the change to help student-athletes and match a “common practice” of schools and districts around the country.
The NCAA uses the letter grades to calculate eligibility and scholarships
"help student-athletes". yeah, right. One reason families prefer Round Rock over Austin is the superior public schools. Looks like we're dumbing it down just like everywhere else.
Then again, I find the original grading a bit unusual. I always considered 70-79 C and 60-69 D. When did they make the C's so limited?
Why I went to the University of Rochester, in the mid 70's they graded on a standard bell curve. for every A they gave out a d, for every B a C. here's how it would work, lets say everyone in class had grades from 97 to 84. depending upon the distribution of the grades, it went like this, 97-95 an A, 96 to 90 a B 89 to 86 a C, 85 to 84 a D. not exactly a fair system, wished I had known that before attending. grades that would put you close to dean's list at other colleges, could have you on academic probation.
