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  2. RateMyProfessors.com - Wikipedia

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    On RMP, users may post a rating and review of any professor that is already listed on the site. Furthermore, users may create a listing for any individual not already listed. To be posted, a rater must rate the course and/or professor on a 1-5 scale in the following categories: "overall quality" and "level of difficulty".

  3. Flesch–Kincaid readability tests - Wikipedia

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    History "The Flesch–Kincaid" (F–K) reading grade level was developed under contract to the U.S. Navy in 1975 by J. Peter Kincaid and his team. Related U.S. Navy research directed by Kincaid delved into high-tech education (for example, the electronic authoring and delivery of technical information), usefulness of the Flesch–Kincaid readability formula, computer aids for editing tests ...

  4. Academic grading in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A small number of high schools use a 5-point scale for Honors courses, a 6-point scale for AP courses, and/or a 3-point scale for courses of below average difficulty. Other systems Six-point system. At least one boarding school in the United States uses the six-point system, Phillips Academy at Andover.

  5. Readability - Wikipedia

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    Readability is the ease with which a reader can understand a written text.The concept exists in both natural language and programming languages though in different forms. In natural language, the readability of text depends on its content (the complexity of its vocabulary and syntax) and its presentation (such as typographic aspects that affect legibility, like font size, line height ...

  6. Rasch model - Wikipedia

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    The Rasch model, named after Georg Rasch, is a psychometric model for analyzing categorical data, such as answers to questions on a reading assessment or questionnaire responses, as a function of the trade-off between the respondent's abilities, attitudes, or personality traits, and the item difficulty. [1] [2] For example, they may be used to ...

  7. Degree of difficulty - Wikipedia

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    Degree of difficulty. Degree of difficulty ( DD, sometimes called tariff or grade) is a concept used in several sports and other competitions to indicate the technical difficulty of a skill, performance, or course, often as a factor in scoring. [1] Sports which incorporate a degree of difficulty in scoring include bouldering, cross-country ...

  8. Academic ranks in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Distinguished (or similar) Professor (other such titles of special distinction vary by institution) Professor ("Full Professor", i.e., the destination of the "tenure track," upon exhausting all promotions other than those of special distinction) Associate Professor (a mid-level, usually tenured, faculty member, which can lead to "full" professor)

  9. Academic ranks in the Netherlands - Wikipedia

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    Most academic staff will have both research and teaching duties. The ranking system of faculty with combined teaching and research tasks in Dutch universities is as follows: universitair docent 2, abbreviated UD2 (literal translation University lecturer rank 2. Equivalent to UK lecturer A/B, and US assistant professor - pay grade 11)