Timeline for Is it valid to modify a student's exam grade if you feel they did not earn it?
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| May 18, 2020 at 6:48 | comment | added | Daniel R. Collins | "Imagine the distribution of the student grades. It will be some smooth distribution." False. | |
| May 18, 2020 at 2:46 | comment | added | ZeroTheHero | @OwenReynolds If you are right then passing the final exam should be a requirement for passing the course, and it should be stated as such. | |
| May 18, 2020 at 0:34 | comment | added | Owen Reynolds | I think you're reading into the "him", which may have been misquoted. What's the proper way to say "based on this failing exam score, should whomever this is pass?" | |
| May 18, 2020 at 0:20 | comment | added | ZeroTheHero | @OwenReynolds “ Are you sure you want to pass him?” certainly sounds like they knew who the student was. Moreover, there is no reason to revise down unless it’s personal, else the pass grade is effectively inoperative. | |
| May 17, 2020 at 23:16 | comment | added | Owen Reynolds | I doesn't sound personal: the OP didn't seem to know the name until afterwards, and the supervisor picked "borderline" students (so based on final %'s, right?) Or do you mean wanting to help the student once they looked at who it was? | |
| May 17, 2020 at 21:38 | comment | added | ZeroTheHero | It is indeed extremely ethically murky to assign a grade based on how an individual student should have performed rather actual performance. The instructor should be wiser than support (much less suggest) this. | |
| May 17, 2020 at 21:12 | history | answered | fraxinus | CC BY-SA 4.0 |