[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Nineteenth Century grading system



The grades of students at Georgetown College between 1829 and the early
1900s were kept in ledgers and faculty minutes, but they were not letter
grades as we have today. They were numerical, and the range seems to be from
1 to 10. A student, for example, received a 6 in geometry one week, and then
5.2 in another. Does anyone have any information on the grading system in
higher education in nineteenth century America? What do the numbers mean?

A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List!

To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to listserv@listserv.muohio.edu
      In body of message:  SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname
                    *or*:  UNSUB ARCHIVES
To post a message, send e-mail to archives@listserv.muohio.edu

Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at
     http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html

Problems?  Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <rschmidt@lib.muohio.edu>