If grades are any indication of on-the-job proficiency, the students graduating from UW-Madisonâ??s department of curriculum and instruction should be very, very good teachers.
According to a Capital Times analysis of publicly available grade information at UW-Madison, the average grade awarded to undergraduates in this department â?? which develops the teachers of tomorrow â?? is higher than a 3.9 on a 4.0 scale. Similarly, the average grade awarded to undergraduates taking courses in UW-Madisonâ??s School of Nursing last spring was slightly above 3.8. To put these numbers in perspective, if 18 Aâ??s, one B and one C were dispensed to students in a class of 20, the average grade would be 3.85.
The paperâ??s analysis also found that a surprisingly high number of Aâ??s and Bâ??s are being handed out all over campus, mirroring a decades-long trend.