All posts tagged "GPA"
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Making the Grade: Three high school courses piloting standards-based assessments
This year marks the second year of Cedar Falls High School’s plan to transition from percent based grading to learning based grading. The school is...
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Student’s Pressures On The Rise
With rising college tuition and increased competition in college admissions and scholarships, it’s not unusual for the average high school student to be incredibly stressed...
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To weight or not to weight?
Combing through the over 40 years of Tiger Hi-Line archives, one issue stands out as timeless, repeatedly discussed and debated year after year after year....
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Weighted grades would motivate students to deeper challenges
Vincent Stigliani/Editor-in-Chief I don’t have many gripes with school policy. I can understand the rationale behind most programs and practices, at least to some degree....
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How much is a GPA worth? Student shares opinion on impact of weighted grades
By Steve Ramsey 2009 Many high schools across the nation have implemented a grading system in which certain classes are worth more on the 4.0...
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AP classes deserve weighted grades
By Alex Ulfers 2007 To most high school students, making sure that they get into the right college is perhaps the most stressful part of...
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Weighted grades causing controversy across country
By Katy Shult 2007 Students and teachers will continue to struggle with the battle of grading. Consistency between teachers and classes has always differed and...
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Model UN returns from Iowa Youth Symposium
CF’s Model United Nations attended the Iowa Youth Symposium in Des Moines for the first time two weeks ago. For those unfamiliar with how MUN works, it’s essentially a...
