Grade Normalization
We’re doing it. You’ve heard about it. But what IS it? Last month, the faculty unanimously voted to try normalizing grades for the 05-06 school year. This year is a probationary period, with a planned Spring vote on whether to make the system permanent.
The basics of the procedure are as follows: courses will be required to have a mean gpa that falls between two set points, and a set B range. In 1L classes, for example, all first-year classes except Legal Writing must have a mean between 2.4 and 2.9, with a B range between 35% and 55% of all grades.
Several courses are exempt: 1L Legal Research, Seminar, Honors Sections, ASP Sections, Clinic, Externships, Independent Reading and Research, and Current Representation. There is also a process by which professors may petition the curriculum committee to relax the requirements or have their class reclassified as exempt. For more information, download Dean Berner’s full explanation of the procedure on the SBA website.
The basics of the procedure are as follows: courses will be required to have a mean gpa that falls between two set points, and a set B range. In 1L classes, for example, all first-year classes except Legal Writing must have a mean between 2.4 and 2.9, with a B range between 35% and 55% of all grades.
Several courses are exempt: 1L Legal Research, Seminar, Honors Sections, ASP Sections, Clinic, Externships, Independent Reading and Research, and Current Representation. There is also a process by which professors may petition the curriculum committee to relax the requirements or have their class reclassified as exempt. For more information, download Dean Berner’s full explanation of the procedure on the SBA website.
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