Word: minuses
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...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 committee itself points out, “the number of all D and C range grades awarded combined has been lower than the number of B-minus grades awarded each year since 1995-1996.” Grades such as D-minus and D-plus may not mean much under...
...positive step the committee proposed is the realignment of Harvard’s numerical scale to more accurately reflect the alphabetical grades professors give. If adopted, the numerical value between Harvard’s grades would be normalized (making the difference between an A and an A-minus the same as the difference between an A-minus and a B-plus). This change would bring Harvard’s numerical scale more in line with the meanings intended by professors and understood by students...
...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...
Since there would be less of a numerical difference between an A-minus and a B-plus, this change would make professors more willing to give students B-range grades, the report argues...