90% is not a B What is with this? I'm really annoyed by it. Can someone explain WHY some teachers…

I've always known 90+ to be an A , any 80s to be a B ,70s to be a C , 60s are D and 59 and below is a def F

Different schools have different policies. My husbands school considered 90 a B+,my school would have said A-. I think it's silly and should be consistent across the board.

ETA: An 80 would also be considered a C

This is just 1 class (Spanish) which annoys me even more. Your failing if you get a 68%. It's ridiculous.

Many times district policy dictates grading

Is it an honors class? All of my honors classes were graded that way.

I've had a few teachers do the same, it sucks.

@rachie i remember the same

Nope not honors. He's only in middle school (6th). They don't offer honors or AP classes until high school and it's only his Spanish class that grades like this. I'm considering re-lettering his papers and sending them back with him with a big giant red circle around the grade it should be ?. Yeah I'm that parent ?

Are they using a 7 point scale? 7 point scale is evil!

the new way they grade is so ridiculous!!!!

They don't even explain what points or system they are using....just a list of percentages and what that correlates to in letter grade.

A 90% is just a B. 91% is a B+ ?

Contact the teacher and find out why the grading system is different for the one class

I grew up with 93+ being an A.

One of the universities I went to also used that scale, but William and Mary is known for the lack of grade inflation. A C is still average there.

In high school, community college and university a 68% was failing.

Maybe it's an easier class. I have a degree in Spanish from a top language school and anything below an 80 was an F and then the rest of the scale was based off of that.

All 6th graders are required to take Spanish. It's the very first time most of them will be exposed to learning a foreign language, they do NOT offer foreign language in elementary.

......guess they really want to make sure their students speak Spanish well. ?

When I took Spanish it was the same as my other courses. 59 and below F

60 D 70 C 80 B 90A

What you are saying is insane! I would have for sure flunked Spanish

I went to a private school and they used a 7 point scale. I'm used to it.

The new way they do everything is so messed up!

I didn't read the comments, but some schools use the +/- system instead. So an A or 4.0 would only go down to a 93. It helps when you have an 88 or 89, but yeah, it definitely doesn't help when you get a 90 and lose out on the 4.0 :(

If I remember correctly, in k-12

A- 90-100

B- 80-88

C- 76-79

D- 70-75

F-

Sparkling...because Spanish is the only foreign language offered. His graduating class has 24 kids.

That's how nursing school was.

77% and below was a D

78-86% C

86-94% B

94-100% A

I never had grading like that in high school or my other college classes.

My highschool 92+ was an A 85-92 was a B & I don't remember what a c was but 68 was failing

Idk about 6th grade cause I was homeschooled until highschool

93% and up was an A at my high school and college. Personally I don't think a B is a big deal. I surely wouldn't be sending it back with a corrected grade on it...I would think it would just make it harder on your kid.

I don't think a B is a big deal. If he actually earned a B. Which he didn't.

My HS was 93+ A, 87-92 B...umm I don't remember below that (it was ages ago).

My college was 90, 80, 70, 60.

Just find out what grading scale was used. I've looked various scales and several show 90 as a B

He actually got a 92 which is a B+ which is still stupid. That's an A- all these stupid ways of grading are stupid! ???

At my high school 90 and up was an A

80-89 was a B

71-79 was a C

70 was a D

And anything below was an F

My school didn't even have d's it was 90-100 -a 80-89-b 70-79-c and anything under a 70 was an F. Our languages were Spanish, German, french, and sign language

Wow @mamax3 I wish I went to your school. I would have been an A B student instead of B C....

Op doesn't he have a syllabus? It's weird to have that grading system in grade school. I didn't have it like that until I went to college. But in middle and high school every teacher gave out a syllabus that explained their grading system among other things.

My HS graded on this scale as well I think an A was 92-93%?

Does the whole school grade like that or just the one class?

Edit- just read the replies. Shouldn't all classes grade the same?! That's super confusing.

We always had:

90 A-

95 A

98 and up A+

Same with all the other letter grades...same in all classes...middle school-high

Some scales make it harder to get an A personally I feel that 90 is a B.

StrayCat, they did. But it didn't explain anything. Just a factual %-%= grade letter. No explanation given and what they will cover in the class and the traditional "homework equals this much % and tests this % and projects this %"

The bigger issue is that the entire school needs to be using the same grading scale.

I would call the principal and discuss that.

68% was failing in my history class 10th grade. But, there was "no such thing as a D" in that class. It was to prepare for college because apparently in college, a D (not passing) is the same thing as an F.

....6th grade? That's sorta weird and the whole school, every class, should use the same grading scale...

Man I could have had straight as with this way lol. My school was 94-100=A

86-93=B (something like that)

And an F was anything below 60.

Our school didn't do this either. 90+ for an A. Public school. Community college was the same unless you were in the nursing program.

Wouldn't there be apolicy they were required to follow?

If all hours other classes were being graded the same, and this is different. ..I think you should fond out why.

I have zero knowledge on the subject but it makes sense that they would all have to use the same system.

Maybe you've a Rouge Spanish grader on your hands.

Look up school policy in the handbook. It should be a universal grading school for the entire school. If it says something in there, then I would take it up with the principal. It may be different it's a private school.

Nc is on a7 point system. 93-100 is an A

85-92 is B 77-84 is a C 69-76 was D 68 and below was failing

Never heard of that... And I went to private school

Nursing courses are the only classes I've taken that are on a different scale... Below 75% is considered failing

I always had the standard 60-70-80-90 scale starting in 1st grade.

My kids don't even get letter grades. Now it's exceeds expectations, meets expectations, needs improvement.

No letter grades at all until middle school ?

For us, you had to have a 93% to have an A

Queen ours is the same way. This is the first year they have letter grades.

This is weird I never got letter grades until college and even then 90% was an A.