Plus-minus
grading still going nowhere
By
Joseph Serna
Online Forty-Niner
Assistant City Editor
The Associated Students Senate discussed plus-minus grading Wednesday, but
still hasn’t come up with a resolution.
“
The point of the students outweighs any pros,” said Sen. Elisa Herrera,
College of Education.
Faculty have reportedly stated converting to a plus-minus grading system is
good because grades are more reflective of a student’s effort, and a
higher volume of students being accepted into graduate schools.
However, after extensive research on the results of plus-minus grading on graduate
school acceptance, the Academic Senate found no legitimate change, said Wayne
Dick, faculty representative to the AS Senate.
Senators had questioned whether the Academic Senate was rushing the change
without thoroughly investigating what it meant for students and grades.
“
If you talk about them not doing their research, and they did and they did
it well, they’ll vote against you,”
Dick warned the senators. “If you say they rushed it, when they started
this in 2003, they’re going to laugh at you.”
One of the strongest arguments against plus-minus grading the senators found
came as a result of Cal State Long Beach’s ranking in the The Princeton
Review, which ranked this university third in the country for best-value public
colleges.
The argument is: “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it,” said
Sen. Shelena McClinton, College of Liberal Arts.
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