Grading

Who is this for?

Instructional staff including faculty, teaching fellows, and teaching assistants

Grading responsibilities

It is the Head Instructor’s responsibility to post (submit) final grades. Even after assigning grading permission to proxy graders, Head Instructors still need to post final grades.

Submitting Grades

Incomplete Grades

Student Privacy

All grade information is classified as highly sensitive and confidential data under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974.
This information can never be released to third parties without the written consent of the students to whom the grades have been assigned.
Grade information should never be stored on local computers or local database systems.
More information
- Security and Privacy Guidelines at Harvard

HGSE Grading System

Grade	Definition
A, A-	High honors; distinction (There is no grade of “A+”)
B+, B, B-	Quality expected of a graduate student
C+, C, C-	Not up to the standards of graduate work
D+, D, D-	Barely passing
E	Failure; no credit given
SAT	Satisfactory indicates that the work submitted is equivalent to “B-“ or better quality.
NCR	No credit: indicates that the work submitted is equivalent to a “C+” or lower quality. No credit will be given.
INC	Incomplete may be given to a student who has not completed the course requirements, but has done enough to justify granting him/her additional time to complete work.
INP	Permanent Incomplete should be given to a student who has done so little work in the course that he/she will not be permitted to complete it. If the student wishes to receive a grade, the course must be retaken.