Chapter 12 FIAE: Grading Scales

This chapter focused on the different grading scales you can use in your classroom. It focused mainly on the 4.0 grading scale, and the 100 grading scale. It offers both pros and cons to each. However, one thing that is really obvious to help grading by creating a rubric. It says that “In order to create objective, accurate grades, then, we should use a rubric in the majority of our assessments” (153). As a student, the grading scale was something that was always changing. It was infuriating that they grading scale for one class was different from another, and that it was different from the schools grading scale as a whole. I understand that the grading scale for the school is set, however, in my classroom I definitely like the idea of using a rubric to grade, and then using that to create a number grade. The story about a kid missing an A by less than half a point is a little ridiculous, if the kid is working and showing improvement, then they should be given the less than a half a point to get the A. The grades should always be to the teachers discretion, and should not always just rely on the numbers.