Why is American grading with letters?

[wtfNeedSignUp]

Isn't 100 to 0 better?

 

[Divine Power]

To make it easier for people

 

[Drag-on Knight 91873]

S rank is impossible in American education.

 

[Sam Losco]

It is 100 to 0.
90 to 100 = A
80 to 89 = B
70 to 79 = C
60 to 69 = D
<60 = F

 

[We Are The Witches]

It is 100 to 0.
90 to 100 = A
80 to 89 = B
70 to 79 = C
60 to 69 = D
<60 = F

But it has less precision, if you get a C you won't know if it was like 70, or more like 79, which may be something you'd want to know.

Also, less intuitive. If you get 75/100, you know exactly where you are (barring maybe the imprecision of the teacher's subjective grading criteria), but if you get a C or a B, you have to know the arbitrary grading used with the letters.

So you're taking 1 extra step by converting numeric to letters, maybe for unnecessary convenience.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

To make it easier for people

How melanated are the people?

 

[Sam Losco]

But it has less precision, if you get a C you won't know if it was like 70, or more like 79, which may be something you'd want to know.

Also, less intuitive. If you get 75/100, you know exactly where you are (barring maybe the imprecision of the teacher's subjective grading criteria), but if you get a C or a B, you have to know the arbitrary grading used with the letters.

So you're taking 1 extra step by converting numeric to letters, maybe for unnecessary convenience.

Individual assignments were almost always numerically graded in addition to a letter grade, thus you are actually graded numerically.
Reports cards for parents can only have letters as a quick summary. I can remember having report cards both ways growing up so it just depends on the school.
But grading is done numerically and just summarized with a letter as it's faster to say "Johnny has an F in Biology" instead of "Johnny has a 55/100 in Biology."

 

[A Very Big Fish]

I'll just ask what I wondered throughout the entirety of my education.

Where the fuck is the 'E'?

 

[We Are The Witches]

Individual assignments were almost always numerically graded in addition to a letter grade, thus you are actually graded numerically.
Reports cards for parents can only have letters as a quick summary. I can remember having report cards both ways growing up so it just depends on the school.
But grading is done numerically and just summarized with a letter as it's faster to say "Johnny has an F in Biology" instead of "Johnny has a 55/100 in Biology."

Yeah, but it seems like unnecessary convenience.

Where I am, if you need to say someone got an "F", you'd just say they didn't pass. If you want to be precise, then you can just say if they got a 49, or a 2, or a 59, which is a substantial difference.

Like it brings no real advantage.

I'll just ask what I wondered throughout the entirety of my education.

Where the fuck is the 'E'?

https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlik..._why_do_we_skip_e_in_the_letter_grades_a_b_c/

 

[Rango Dango]

in poland we use 1-6 with 6 being rarely used
grades 2-5 can additionally have - or + added
grade 1 can only have a + added
grade 6 can only have a - added
1 is the worst 6 is the best

 

[Jotch]

It is a carry over from old English education, as is most stuff in all of American academics. There simply isn't a reason big enough to change it, much like not moving to the metric system.

The grades are traditionally A to D in descending quality. These are in theory all passing grades, but they mark by which quality you passed with.
F stands for fail, it is the traditionally the only failing grade.
These letter grades came before rubrics and point grading systems, where the instructor or proctor would assign you a letter by his own discretion.
Later on they were assigned percentage point values, which lead to grades D and C being turned into failing grades, making people wonder where E is.

 

[Divine Power]

How melanated are the people?

you should make it easier for yourself too

 

[Ughubughughughughughghlug]

I'll just ask what I wondered throughout the entirety of my education.

Where the fuck is the 'E'?

E is too easily taken as excellent so it is skipped

Likewise F is a natural endpoint letter as it also stands for fail

 

[555777555]

Letter grading is also used in Turkish universities.

 

[WelperHelper99]

Because we've always done it that way. Fuck Europe and it's number system. Letters 'just werk'.

 

[CarlosDanger]

I'll just ask what I wondered throughout the entirety of my education.

Where the fuck is the 'E'?

In my high school we had Es instead of Fs

 

[CAPTAIN HAPPY]

Special grading for special people.

 

[Male Idiot]

European ones, Hungary grades with 5 to 1. + or - may apply.

The percentage is not set however. The easier the test, the higher you need for lower grades. Usually you need 51% to pass, but some very hard exams go for 20% ratios because they are that hard, and they show percentage on the documentation.

But it is easier for melanated people. Nigga yo what is a meter nigga I measurin' my distance by suckin and shufflin.

 

[Individualism Incarnate]

I'll just ask what I wondered throughout the entirety of my education.

Where the fuck is the 'E'?

E was dropped because it was too easy for kids to turn an F into an E on their report cards.

 

[ZsaZsaBinks]

I'll just ask what I wondered throughout the entirety of my education.

Where the fuck is the 'E'?

They use “E” in Swedish schools.