NOTE: In reporting the averages from the tests we drop the lowest scores. This is because the lowest of the five tests will be dropped; i.e. 1/5th (or 20.0%) of all test scores will be dropped. In comparing your average with the class average you need to compare with an average which is representative of the final average. Dropping the lowest scores before reporting the average is one way of ESTIMATING the effect of the final drops. These posted test averages are not used in any way in computing the final overall class average. GBA 1st test 37 students took test 1 Multiple Choice 32 students earned 4.0 or more points for those 32 the average was 6.91/10 or 69.1% Test 1 MC scores 2nd test 37 students took test 2 Multiple Choice 27 students earned 2.5 or more points for those 27 the average was 4.77/10 or 47.8% Test 2 MC scores 3rd test 31 students took test 3 Multiple Choice 26 students earned 3.0 or more points for those 26 the average was 5.52/10 or 55.2% Test 3 MC scores 4th test 28 students took test 4 Multiple Choice 23 students earned 3.5 or more points for those 23 the average was 5.89/10 or 58.9% Test 4 MC scores 5th test 28 students took test 5 Multiple Choice 23 students earned 3.0 or more points for those 23 the average was 4.61/10 or 46.1% Test 5 MC scores FINAL EXAM For the 28 students who took the final, the final exam average is 21.29 out of 40, or 53.2%. Final Exam scores FINAL AVERAGE 27 students took 4 of the 5 MC tests, plus the final exam, and had more than 816 MP HW points. For those 27 here are the averages: % points HW 81.07 8.11 Exercises 97.52 2.93 Quiz 66.07 9.91 CW 77.62 3.88 RQ 72.47 4.35 test 56.77 24.98 exam 52.69 8.96 _________________________________ overall 63.1 ← final average The details of the final grade scale were primarily determined by the presence of gaps in the grade distribution. Here is that final grade scale. below 40.0 E 40.1 - 46.6 D 46.7 - 63.5 C (above 55.6 is C+) 63.6 - 75.0 B (no B-'s this year, above 71.3 is B+) above 75.1 A (below 77.2 is A-, above 89.3 is A+) Letter grades were assigned strictly according to this scale. The lowest D is 42.3; the highest D is 45.1, the lowest C is 46.8; the highest C is 59.8, the lowest B is 63.6; the highest B is 73.1, and the lowest A is 75.1. The smallest gap between levels is 1.7 points between D to C. You may also like to look at the Spring 2019 Class Averages.