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Some high schools, to reflect the varying skill required for different course levels, will give higher numerical grades for difficult courses, often referred to as a weighted GPA. For example, two common conversion systems used in honors and Advanced Placement courses are: A = 5 or 4.5; B = 4 or 3.5 [5] C = 3 or 2.5; D = 2 or 1.5; F = 0 [19]
Research-determined cut-offs identify the potential diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder, allowing a standardized assessment of autistic symptoms. The Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R), a companion instrument, is a structured interview conducted with the parents of the referred individual to cover the subject's full developmental ...
The most popular and commonly used grading system in the United States uses discrete evaluation in the form of letter grades. Many schools use a GPA (grade-point average) system [73] in combination with letter grades. There are also many other systems in place. Some schools use a scale of 100 instead of letter grades.
A January 7, 2009 article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette used the term "grade inflation" to describe how some people viewed a grading policy in the Pittsburgh School District. According to the article, the policy sets 50% as the minimum score that a student can get on any given school assignment.
In order to create the algorithm for diagnosis, the writers chose questions from the interview that were most closely related to the criteria for diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder in the DSM-IV and the ICD-10. [3] An autism diagnosis is indicated when scores in all three behavioral areas meet or exceed the specified minimum cutoff scores. [5]
Autistic people appear to have a local bias for visual information processing, that is, a preference for processing local features (details, parts) rather than global features (the whole). [33] One explanation for this local bias is that people with autism do not have the normal global precedence when looking at objects and scenes ...
1.3 3.7 81–90% 2+ 12 points 1.7 "gut" (good: an achievement that exceeds the average requirements considerably) 3.3 2 2 11 points 2.0 3.0 2- 10 points 2.3 2.7 66–80% 3+ 9 points 2.7 "befriedigend" (satisfactory: an achievement that fulfills average requirements) 2.3 3 3 8 points 3.0 2.0 3- 7 points 3.3 1.7 50–65% 4+ 6 points 3.7
The third Autism Plan was announced on 2 May 2013, by Marie-Arlette Carlotti, who proposes ten measures to be implemented until 2017, including the generalization of early diagnosis at 18 months close to home, and the creation of 700 specialized teaching places in nursery schools, aiming to enable the integration of autistic children into ...