Dates
- 1844 - 1845
Conditions Governing Access
Biographical / Historical
Students were not generally evaluated in American colleges until 1785 when Yale began classifying members of its senior class aa Optimi, second Optimi, Inferiores, and Pejores. However, students were not notified of their ranking to prevent competition between them. William & Mary and Harvard soon followed, developing grading systems of their own. In 1824, the University of Virginia began requiring its Chairman of the Faculty to send report to parents, not so much to provide an assessment of their learning, but to ensure parents knew whether their students were attending classes and completed required readings. For more information, see Bruce's "History of The University of Virginia" and "History of the College Grading Scale" at gradehub.com.
Extent
0.03 Cubic Feet (1 letter folder)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
- Title
- B. H. Winston University of Virginia report card
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Ellen Welch
- Date
- 2021-08-25
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States