Action Plan 1:  My 6 pack GPAs
Now we have unweighted GPA and weighted GPA. Those GPAs are biased, inequatible and discriminated based on the phasing, honors course, AP tests, etc. Therefore I am introducing 6 new GPAs to balance these biases

Normalized GPA

Equality GPA
GPA distribution is a normal distribution. GPA for a specific race group is also a normal distribution. Normalized GPA is to find your percentile in your race group (say 60%), then use the whole class percntile (60% in that case) GPA as your GPA. For example, if you are
  • the highest GPA in your race group, your GPA will be increased to the highest GPA in the whole class
  • the middle (mean) in your race group, your GPA will be adjusted to the mean GPA in the whole class
  • the lowest GPA in your race group, your GPA will be decreased to the lowest GPA in the whole class
 Equality GPA is to adjust your GPA according to the following
  • For all asian male students, your Equality GPA=weighted GPA
  • For all white students, your Equality GPA=weighted GPA+0.2
  • For all hispansih students, your Equality GPA=weighted GPA+0.4
  • For all black students, your Equality GPA=weighted GPA+0.6
  • For all female students, your Equality GPA=weighted GPA+additional 0.4
  • Race is determined by each student's self proclaimed race
  • Gender is determined by each student's self proclaimed gender
Pros
  • Totally remove the inequality between race on GPA scores
  • As long as you are the highest GPA in your race group, you will be the highest in the whole class
 Pros
  • No students adjusted to a lower GPA
  • Balance both the race inequality and gender ineqality
Cons
  • Cannot remove the gender inequality at the same time
  • Almost half of the students adjusted to a lower GPA, which might be difficult to implement
 Cons
  • Adjusted scores do not have enough mathematical evidence. They are empirical and different for different cases
  • Cannot guarantee different race groups having the same mean GPA and standard deviations

Lottery GPA

Universal GPA
People hate meritocracy the most is that personal success is purely determined by their talents and hardwork. The real story should be told that success is stochastic and unpredictable, like lottery. Therefore using lottery to decide each student's GPA is the most realistic method. We may grant the students with higher test score some little higher lottery odds To promote team work and team honor, why not give each student the same GPA of the class. You can get higher GPA if and only if the whole class get higher average GPA. You will win and lose as the class win and lose, like a team
Pros
  • It's the real world situation
  • GPA will be not affected by race, gender, but only the luck you have
 Pros
  • Promote team work, in order to get high GPA, you have to help your classmates
  • Most real projects are team work, ask what you can do for your class before ask what GPA your class can give you
Cons
  • You could get a lower GPA even you are excellent in tests
  • Students may depend on luck in their whole life
 Cons
  • Nobody can distinguish an individual student from others
  • Some students may depend on others forever

Differential GPA

Self-Evaluate GPA
Say student A's GPAs were 3.0 in 9th, 3.3 in 10th grade, 3.6 in 11th and 3.9 in 12th, while student B's GPAs were 3.9 in 9th, 3.6 and 10th, 3.3 in 11th and 3.0 in 12th. Unfortunately, they both got 3.5 GPA. Clearly, A progressed a lot while B regressed. A should be better in college than B. Therefore, using differential GPA is a better way. A's differential GPAs are 0.3, 0.3, 0.3 whilte B's are -0.3, -0,3, -0.3 The person knows you the best is yourself. Why give the evaluating job of you to other people? Let each student evaluate themselves, give themselves the GPA they think they deserve
Pros
  • It gives the trend instead of history
  • It encourages students becoming better instead of lying on historical results
 Pros
  • This is definitely the most accuate GPA
  • This definitely makes student happy, also build up the trust relationship between teachers and students
Cons
  • Students may not want to get high GPAs too early for future growth
  • Some students may not feel good if get a negative GPS
 Cons
  • It may be unfair to compare different students' GPAs
  • Some students might concentrate on evaluating their GPA instead of learning