Originally Posted by Tallulah
Originally Posted by Quantum2003
Our middle school uses the traditional 90-80-70-60 as the cut for A-B-C-D. I do think that grade inflation is definitely an issue but at the same time many assessments (other than unit tests) and daily classwork tend to be less than 10 points so to achieve 90% average means that you often need to earn all the points (4/4, 5/5, 6/6, ...).

Another reason why frequent assessment sucks.
I've read that frequent assessment improves learning. A recent paper is Daily Online Testing in Large Classes: Boosting College Performance while Reducing Achievement Gaps. People upset over getting a B- for missing 1 point on a 5 point quiz need to develop thicker skins and to recognize that even A students will get B's on some individual assignments.