Letter or
numerical grades on papers give students information about their current performance.
For those who do not know, a credit score is
a numerical grade on an individual's past credit practices; basically, higher scores mean a good history of spending with a credit card and paying the spending balance on time.
Not exact matches
Butter in the States is
graded according to flavor, color, texture, aroma and body and one easy way to tell the quality of the butter is by the letter code or
numerical number listed
on the butter's package.
Rather than relying only
on a
numerical index or an A-F
grading system that would obscure the critical information needed for improvement, the measures above should be part of a dashboard that informs educators and the community about progress in each area and allows for analysis of what's working and where attention is needed.
The current Year 10 students will then sit most of their GCSEs under the new system, but they might have some under the old system, for example if they are taking ancient history or ICT, while those pupils now in Year 9 will be fully «moved over»
on to the
numerical grading system.
Many stakeholders - parents, students teachers, guidance counselors, school administrators - believe that college admissions officers will only evaluate students based
on their letter
grades or GPA, and that GPA must be in
numerical form.