Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: How should transfer grades be treated? A student recently transferred to my school from another county. The student has a transfer grade of 98% for calculus. From the first week I noticed that the student appeared to be lost with regards to the current lesson. I asked the student if she was not comfortable with the material considering it is a topic that should have been covered in the first semester. The student response was quite shocking. "I don't know much, I just do my work." This is final semester before graduation and grades are due in one week. Should I post the transfer grades, or should I give the grade earned on my assessments? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I think that you take the transfer grade and put it into the grade book. You give them credit for the work that they are doing inside of your classroom, too. If you see areas of deficits you give them a refresher or a form of assessing their prior knowledge and then fill in the gaps.