What is a passing score on the exam?
The exam should be seen as a tool that provides data for individual instructors to interpret and evaluate rather than the final word in Greek assessment. Ideally, specific grades should be left up to individual instructors that have specific goals in mind for the language. However, the exam does provide scores and percentages which may be used in the process. There are two ways of interpreting exam scores. One can use a “criterion-referenced” system by using the absolute scores and overall percentage to derive a grade. However, this information should be balanced by the “norm-referenced” system of taking into account national comparisons and rankings. You may wish to assign a higher grade than C to a score of 75% if that proves to be a better score when compared to national averages. How can instructors customize the exam scoring? By spring 2006 there should be a filter which you can use to automatically subtract various grammatical areas from the exam scoring.
The exam should be seen as a tool that provides data for individual instructors to interpret and evaluate rather than the final word in Greek assessment. Ideally, specific grades should be left up to individual instructors that have specific goals in mind for the language. However, the exam does provide scores and percentages which may be used in the process. There are two ways of interpreting exam scores. One can use a “criterion-referenced” system by using the absolute scores and overall percentage to derive a grade. However, this information should be balanced by the “norm-referenced” system of taking into account national comparisons and rankings. You may wish to assign a higher grade than C to a score of 75% if that proves to be a better score when compared to national averages.
