Chapter 12

In this chapter there is the comparison between the two most popular grading scales, the four point scale which uses rubrics and the 100 point scale that we are all familiar with. The book argues that the four point scale is a more accurate representative of a students grade. I don' t know that I agree with this. I understand that there are some problems with the 100 point scale, like the jump between a D and an F, and the fact that there is 60 points represented in the F range. I think with a little reworking the 100 point scale would be the ideal grading system. Another reason that I disagree is because the book mentioned that it would be easier for parents to monitor the grades, but I feel like sending a whole new grading system home and having them have to learn that would be more difficult than using the scale that they grew up with and understand.