Grading system

For each assignment in the mainline Education series, students are given a grade depending on their performance on the assignment.

Description

S

Short for superb. Extremely rare grade given only to submissions that excel not just in the context of the class, but the context of all scholarly work in the entire field the class is based on.

A

Short for awesome, amazing, or a great job. Reserved for assignments that are the cream of the crop within one's classroom, but not quite revolutionary enough to don an S grade. Due to nasty grade inflation, this previously elusive grade may soon become the default.

B

Short for brave. Given to assignments where the educator can respect the creative integrity taken in a student's work despite it not meeting their particular standards.

C

Short for competent or cromulent. Given to assignments where there was a clear attempt to touch on each of the educator's requirements, but none of these attempts to appeal to the educator were done particularly well. Better luck next time!

D

Short for don't, as these assignments don't touch on some or all of the educator's requirements despite having a substantial amount of content. Usually given to long essays or math solutions that frequently veer off-topic.

E

Short for eek! Reserved for assignments submitted by snarky students where they respond to prompts in a humorous or sarcastic fashion. However, if the educator laughed while reading the submission, they are legally obligated to give the assignment at least a B grade as they demonstrated a respect for the student's creative liberties. This introduces an interesting risk vs. reward scenario with each assignment the student submits, an example of good game design.

F

Short for fluke. Given to submissions that have no humorous intent, were plagiarized, were written by artificial intelligence, or do not exist.

Z

The dreaded Z grade has never been seen in any documented assignments, but rumors of its existence haunt school playgrounds and cafeterias. To earn a Z, a student's submission must supposedly cause physical pain to the instructor. Submitting an assignment that receives a Z grade is said to be punishable by death, which Z believers cite as the reason there is no evidence of this grade.

Alternative systems

• Pass/fail: A streamlined grading system, where students either pass with flying colors or fail with flopping shades of gray. Invented by system administrators to represent grades as boolean values, which makes storing and fetching them easier.
• Superb/OK/Try Again: A grading system used in more lenient institutions, where students are given the chance to retry assignments as much as they please.
• Credit: We'll get back to you on that.
• The Arlo Scale: A 7-point scale where submissions are graded based on the instructor's reaction to them.