Weighted classes may be scored on a 4.5 or 5.0 scale rather than a 4.0 scale. What’s the 4.0 GPA Scale? Unweighted GPAs are calculated on a scale of zero to four, with four being the highest score.

Also weighted grades can favour boys who get focused later. And also allow kids to gain a higher GPA with hard work in tough AP classes in junior and senior years.

If, for example, you sat for a 3-credit exam in Introductory IT and attained an A, you would multiply 3 (the credits) by 4(the grade point) to obtain the weighted grade points. Repeat step one for ...

But a grade of A in a weighted course earns the student 4.5 points. In Parker’s case, the grades he’s received in advanced placement courses gave him a weighted GPA of 3.9. His unweighted GPA ...

Henry Sibley High School will begin using weighted grades in its class ranking system for students, and it has changed how it reports class rank, a spokeswoman for the Mendota Heights school said ...

For kids who stick with letter grades, the traditional ranking system “is damaging to our top 10 kids that are in that class-rank battle,” Jacob said. “Kids are literally breaking down ...

A weighted grade system, giving added credit and incentive to students to incorporate more rigorous courses in their class schedule, will be implemented at Ashland High School in the coming school ...

The Wisconsin Dells School Policy Committee sent a policy on weighted grades to the school board that got a first reading at the board's Monday meeting. The policy would give .5 more in GPA credit ...