Open AccessNotes and Comments: Adjusting the Nominal Maximum for Tests of Unknown Difficulty
Author(s) -
Geoffrey P. Mason
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
canadian journal of higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2293-6602
pISSN - 0316-1218
DOI - 10.47678/cjhe.v8i1.182753
Subject(s) - grading (engineering) , mathematics education , class (philosophy) , psychology , statistics , mathematics , arithmetic , econometrics , computer science , artificial intelligence , engineering , civil engineering
The percentage system of grading is still in common use in post-elementary education, and is likely to remain so. It is suggested that some of the difficulties experienced by instructors in attempting to conform to the arbitrary percentage standards of their institutions while setting tests of unknown difficulty may be overcome by using an adjusted maximum based on the performance of the top students in a class.