I was woundering on how exactly grades were curved normally. When instructors apply curves what is generally done? What happens if there's one person in a course that has a perfect score and the rest have like 80% of the points given out during the course. I was just woundering what is generally done.

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I was woundering on how exactly grades were curved normally.  When instructors apply curves what is generally done?  What happens if there's one person in a course that has a perfect score and the rest have like 80% of the points given out during the course.  I was just woundering what is generally done.

Ms. Sue · Answer

As you can see from these sites, an instructor can use a normal curve in several ways.

http://www.k12academics.com/education-assessment-evaluation/bell-curve-grading

http://academics.hamilton.edu/biology/smiller/curve.html