Show sy system stem of grading at davis the first term of the school year ended e friday report j au cards d r were given to the stu ad ielli tuesday of this week f davis has adopt adopted d nelv system of marking J c entirely firely this year tt it is a dyste 1 7 hat is used in possibly every agh h school in the united states V an A grade given to students is considered as exceptional work A B grade is above the average and very good work C for the first time in the system of marking is the line drawn for average work A D grade which in other years has been e classed as failure is very poor work but is now considered as passing an added letter of the alphabet is that of E and has taken the symbol of the last year D failure this system of marking M has I 1 been proved to be fairer to both good and poor students of the school it has been shown from tests made that possibly the samo per cent of students receiving g an A grade also receive an E grade cent receiving a B the same per grade will also a D grade the highest percentage of tho the students will receive the average grade of C this new system of marking markin has made a favorable impression on most of the students of the I 1 I 1 school and it is hoped that before i the second term has addan advanced ced very far the rest of the stil students dent will have seen its advantages and work tor for a higher grade grad e next time I 1 |