jhschool Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 So, I was assigning an A for each class where there was A level work, which to me means 4.0. DC took a class with an outside provider, and they have awarded an A+. I am thinking what to do, since now the As I gave DC might appear to be a lower grade than the A+. I am thinking of giving additional work in my courses where DC received an A, to give the chance to bring it up to A+ (since A+ is more work, more assignments, etc.) (e.g. assigning extra novels and extra papers on top of what we plan for courses, or for music requiring 200 hours of work instead of 180 per credit). In researching this, I found the following. A+ is supposed to be more than 4.0; it can be 4.25 or 4.5 or varies. Some people award 5.0 for an AP class where the student did A level work. That really throws me off, as I don't intend to award any 5s anywhere. If I get rid of the + he received from the online course, he will appear to have received a lower grade than other students who do report their A+. What should I do with the +? Should I bring all my home courses up in work so they are able to get awarded A+? I wasn't going to bother with pluses or minuses but the online course people awarded it. What do we do with +es and -es? And should anyone ever have more than 4.0 on their GPA, even an excellent student? It seems a little silly to me--but I feel bad changing the grade they awarded. I suppose I could just grant 4.0 to the A+, just like any normal A. What do you all think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwen in VA Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 What we did -- Our transcript just listed A's and B's, and our grading scale only listed A's and B's. For outside classes listed on our transcript, we dropped the +'s and -'s and just listed the grade. However, we had the schools where they took classes send a transcript to every college (yes, that meant lots of transcripts!), and those obviously listed the + and - parts of the grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 We did precisely as Gwen in VA outlined above including (in my daughter's case) having her community college transcript sent to each college. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigid in NC Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Ditto here. We went with no pluses or minuses on the official hs transcript. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisIsTheDay Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Echoing the others--we recorded only As or Bs on the transcript, no plus or minus. You can weight or not weight your student's GPA (giving more credit for AP, honors, dual enrollment, etc.). I didn't. The colleges to which she applied each had their own system for weighting. One school gave two extra points for those "special" classes (in the first paragraph). Another school calculated GPA by using grades from only core classes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy101 Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 I don't put any letter grades on our transcripts, just percentages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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