We suggest using the point value students make on the exam to decide their grade. What scale you use to determine what letter that number warrants is up to you. However, our Teachers Guides give a detailed outline of how we would assign grades if we are teaching it in a classroom.The teachers guides for each course can be downloaded on our website. Click Products and navigate to the course of your choice.
For parents who are new to homeschooling, or who didn’t know there were scale options, we have listed some popular grading scales here:
The Tens System:
90-100 A
80-89 B
70-79 C
60-69 D
59 and Below F
The Nines System:
92 and above A
83 -91 B
74-82 C
64-73 D
65 and below F
The Eights System 1:
93 and above A
85- 92 B
77-84 C
69-76 D
70 and below F
The Eights System 2:
94 and above A
86- 93 B
78- 85 C
69- 76 C
70 and below F
There isn’t really any indication that any one system is particularly harder than any of the others. In fact some studies show that the Tens System, which most consider the easiest, might actually be the most difficult since that system also accounts for pluses, minues, etc. In addition, the grade depends a lot of the test difficulty level, extra credit, and student ability. As you can see, there are a lot of factors that go into assigning a grade, therefore we prefer to let parents decide what works best for their students.
