My high school just switched to awarding one Carnegie unit classes to two half Carnegie units. Before the change if a student made a 3.5 in a full year subject it was recorded as an A and the student would receive 4 quality points in their GPA. Now if a student receives a "B" in the first half of a subject and a "A" in the second half they receive 3.5 quality points (3 + 4)/2. This will effectively lower GPA's unless the student makes an "A" in both halves of a subject. Our school already uses one of the hardest grading systems in the state and receiving the higher letter grade for the .5 sort of compensated for that.
I would welcome any comments you may have on these two methods of calculating GPA's.
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