Grading students' performance
Who said that it’s only now that universities are taking student assessment seriously? A beloved older Jesuit here at Marquette University gave me his personal assessment-scheme for students, which he claims he has been using since the 1950’s. On a descending scale from 10 to 0, the scale measures the student’s knowledge.
Significat numerus:
| 10 | scientiam optimam et praeclarissimam |
| 9 | scientiam valde superiorem |
| 8 | scientiam superiorem |
| 7 | scientiam satis dignam |
| 6 | scientiam minime dignam |
| 5 | ignorantiam indignam |
| 4 | ignorantiam reprehensibilem et intolerabilem |
| 3 | ignorantiam mirabilem |
| 2 | ignorantiam incredibilem et vix possibilem |
| 1 | ignorantiam naturaliter impossibilem |
| 0 | negationem simplicem |
All things old are new again…