Question- What do you know about absolute grading system?

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Absolute grading system refers to a system of grading in which grades are awarded to the students on the basis of established standards of performance decided already by the institute. It simply means grades are given as per the cut off the levels decided even prior to the start of the process of a allocating the grades. A letter grade is assigned to a group of points. The student get only that grade which falls under their score limit.

Absolute grading system can be better understood with an example. Under the absolute grading system, numbers ranging from 90 to 100 come under A grade, B grade is given to numbers between 80 to 89, C grade is given for numbers between 70 to 79, D grade for numbers between 60 to 69 and an F grade to points below 59. These absolute grades are assigned on the basis of students' performance. If more students in the class perform well, more students will get A and others will be awarded B, C, D, E or F. Absolute grading can thus reduce the class performance if all A's get wiped out in the final exam.

This system is thus so rigid that it can miss out actual abilities and possible achievements of some students. Therefore, it becomes sometimes impossible to find the information about each student and their performance for future improvement.

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