I'd love to hear from some educators on this one. There are three physics teachers in my son's grade. Recently there was a major test that resulted in an average grade of D (across all three classes). After conferring about it, one of the teachers decided to curve her class' grades, while the other two did not. This means that my son's friend, who got a D on the test originally, ended up with a B. My son, who also got a D, is stuck with the D.
The professor's reasoning was that since his class' grades did not represent a true bell curve, it was fair to keep his grade book as is.
How is this fair to the two-thirds of the kids whose grades are now lower than their peers whose were curved?
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