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Originally Posted by Lt.Spears
That is exactly what marking on a curve is...
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No, that's not what marking on a curve is; that's adjusting the percentage required to achieve a certain letter grade.
Using a bell curve to assign grades means that class rank is statistically modeled using normal distribution and letter grades are assigned accordingly based on how you perform on an exam in comparison to your peers, not based on your absolute test score.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_curve_grading