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The report first suggests reducing Harvard’s current 15-point grading scale to an 8-point scale, eliminating many of the lower grades. The EPC argues that eliminating the grades of C-minus, D-plus and D-minus would clarify the meaning of those that remain. But as...
The Faculty should attempt to foresee the effects that changes will have on students, as they reflect upon the meaning of a Harvard education. Solutions to grade inflation are needed, but the answers will come in defining more clearly the standards that students must meet to earn an A, not...
The recommendations include reducing the current 15-point grading scale to an eight-point scale, with equal numerical differences between each grade. The plan would eliminate C-minus, D-plus and D-minus grades.
This change aims to remove the “skip” between an A-minus and a B-plus, which represent a 14 and a 12, respectively, on the current grading scale.
With this addition, the transcript would “provide greater transparency in our grading practices and allow for others independently to asses the value of a given grade,” according to the report.