http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/258823/The-Chicago-Public-Schools-just-instituted-this-year-a-new-grading-scale-that-is-much-higher-than-the-national An 80% is now a D, where as most schools that would be a B. GPA's will go down. What can be done to make this fair to the students!? GreatSchools en-us Nana_1 Raising the grading scale is not going to help the children if they are prepared with up to date materials for studying. If the teachers are teaching from out of ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/258823/The-Chicago-Public-Schools-just-instituted-this-year-a-new-grading-scale-that-is-much-higher-than-the-national?cpage=1#comment_284844 5100.284844 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:18:23 -0800 drjohnson I don't know how fair or unfair this is unless there is some uniformity to the tests and assignments nationally. If the material is being covered in a more superficial ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/258823/The-Chicago-Public-Schools-just-instituted-this-year-a-new-grading-scale-that-is-much-higher-than-the-national?cpage=1#comment_258846 5100.258846 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:18:59 -0700