grade curve
Class-wide score scaling
A grade curve is an adjustment to test scores or final grades, typically raising them when class performance is lower than expected.
Teachers curve grades by adding points across the board or by setting the highest score as the new maximum: The professor curved the exam after half the class failed.
Students often hope for a curve when material proves difficult.
- bellHollow resonating instrument
- scaleMeasure of relative size
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- percentileStatistical ranking threshold
- distributionAllocation across recipients
score · exam · test · ranking · cutoff · boost · extra credit · average · mean · standard · standard deviation · deviation · pass · fail · pass fail · rubric · points · semester
- academicsprofessor, course, university professors, math, professors
- examsexam, test, quiz, final exam, midterm
- social comparisonranking, peer pressure, status symbols, social hierarchy, keeping up with the Joneses