NOTE: In reporting the averages from the tests we drop the lowest scores. This is because the two lowest of the six tests will be dropped; i.e. 1/3rd (or 33.3%) 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 31 students took Test 1 19 students earned 2.7 or more points for those 19 the average was 5.56/10 or 55.6% Test 1 scores 2nd test 33 students took test 2 26 students earned 2.8 or more points for those 26 the average was 6.40/10 or 64.0% Test 2 scores 3rd test 29 students took test 3 17 students earned 2.0 or more points for those 17 the average was 5.10/10 or 51.0% Test 3 scores 4th test 26 students took test 4 18 students earned 2.7 or more points for those 18 the average was 6.71/10 or 67.1% Test 4 scores 5th test 22 students took test 5 14 students earned 2.9 or more points for those 14 the average was 5.18/10 or 51.8% Test 5 scores 6th test 22 students took test 6 17 students earned 2.7 or more points for those 17 the average was 5.14/10 or 51.4% Test 6 scores FINAL EXAM For the 23 students who took the final, and had also earned 850 or more HW points, the final exam average is 20.84 out of 40, or 52.1%. Final Exam scores FINAL AVERAGE 23 students took 4 of the 6 MC tests, plus the final exam, and had more than 850 MP HW points. For those 23 here are the averages: % points HW 79.32 7.93 Exercises 00.00 0.00 (not a category in Spr21) Quiz 79.68 12.75 CW 64.57 3.87 RQ 63.55 3.81 test 54.70 24.07 exam 52.09 9.38 _________________________________ overall 61.8 ← 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 37.7 E 37.7 - 49.9 D 50.0 - 61.7 C (above 56.1 is C+) 61.8 - 79.2 B (below 65.0 is B-, above 71.0 is B+) above 79.2 A (no A-'s this year, above 88.4 is A+) Letter grades were assigned strictly according to this scale. The lowest D is 37.7; the highest D is 43.9, the lowest C is 50.8; the highest C is 59.7, the lowest B is 61.9; the highest B is 73.1, and the lowest A is 79.3. The smallest gap between levels is 2.2 points between C to B. You may also like to look at the Spring 2020 Class Averages.