Easy Grader
Easy Grader is the teacher’s quick-scoring companion: enter points earned and points possible and instantly see the percent, the letter grade, and how many more points the next higher grade would have taken. Choose between the standard 90/80/70/60 scale and a strict college plus/minus scale. It is built for speed at the grading desk, with no setup and no spreadsheet.
Points the student scored on this paper.
Total points the paper was worth.
Which letter bands to grade against.
Score — B
84%
- Percentage
- 84%
- Points earned
- 42
- Points possible
- 50
- Points to A (90%)Whole points still needed for the next letter.
- 3
How it was calculated
- Percent: 42 ÷ 50 × 100 = 84.0%.
- Scale used: standard 90/80/70/60 → B.
- Next band at 90% needs 3 more points.
How it works
The percent is (points earned ÷ points possible) × 100. The letter comes from looking that percent up in the chosen grading table.
The standard table uses A ≥ 90, B ≥ 80, C ≥ 70, D ≥ 60, F below 60. The strict table splits those into plus/minus bands: A+ 97, A 93, A− 90, B+ 87, B 83, B− 80, C+ 77, C 73, C− 70, D+ 67, D 65, F below 65.
"Points to next grade" solves (next cutoff − current percent) ÷ 100 × points possible and rounds up, because a fraction of a point never earns the higher letter.
Worked examples
42 out of 50, standard scale
42 ÷ 50 × 100 = 84%, a B. The next band (A at 90%) needs (90 − 84) ÷ 100 × 50 = 3 more points — useful feedback to write on the paper.
Same paper, strict scale
84% on the strict table is still a B (83–86.99), but now the next band is B+ at 87%: (87 − 84) ÷ 100 × 50 = 1.5 → 2 points. Same score, different distance to the next letter.
How to measure
- Enter the raw points exactly as marked — do not pre-convert to a percent or the letter lookup double-adjusts.
- Pick the scale your school actually uses before grading a batch; switching mid-stack creates inconsistent letters.
- For half-point marking, enter decimals in points earned (e.g. 42.5); the percent handles them fine.
- Use "points to next grade" as ready-made feedback — students respond well to "2 more points would have earned a B+".
- Grade all papers on one scale first, then apply any curve to the percents as a separate step.
Assumptions & limitations
Planning estimate
- The strict plus/minus cutoffs shown are a common college convention, not a universal standard — verify against your institution’s catalog.
- All points are treated as equally weighted within the paper; section-weighted exams need a weighted calculation instead.
- Points to the next grade round up to whole points, matching how most teachers award credit.
- No curving is applied; the letters are raw lookups against the selected table.
Frequently asked questions
It is a speed tool for marking: type in the two point counts and get the percent, letter, and distance to the next grade without touching a spreadsheet. Teachers grading stacks of quizzes and students checking practice work both use it the same way.
Use "standard" for K-12 and most general purposes (A at 90, B at 80, C at 70, D at 60). Use "strict plus/minus" when your course syllabus lists bands like A− at 90 or B+ at 87 — common in colleges. When in doubt, ask for the syllabus table.
It finds the next higher letter cutoff, computes the percent gap, converts it back to points, and rounds up. At 84% on a 50-point paper with an A at 90%, the gap is 6% of 50 = 3 points.
Yes. Enter decimals like 42.5 in points earned — the percent math handles fractions exactly, and the "points to next" figure still rounds up to a whole point.
Scores above 100% are reported as-is with the top letter of the chosen scale. Points to next grade shows 0 since there is no higher band.