Re: Adjusting Grades (Was: Exams)

On 12/29/98, Larry Appleman <larry[_at_]world.std.com> wrote:
>
> I know this is a bit off-topic for the copyright list, but could
> someone explain the pedagogical rationale for "most schools now
> prohibit[ing] retroactive grade adjustments except for 'mechanical
> errors' in calculation"? (And, incidentally, is that really true
> at "most schools" now?)...

     It is not true down here in the swamps. There is a grade appeal process which surely would come into play in the instance described. However, I would not claim we are representative of "most schools."

                                         BRB

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Louisiana State University
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LSBOYC[_at_]LSUVM.sncc.lsu.edu Received on Mon Jan 04 1999 - 14:13:17 GMT