In education, marking on a curve (BE) or grading on a curve (AE) (also referred to as curved grading, bell curving, or using grading curves) is a method of assigning grades designed to yield a normal distribution (also called the Gaussian distribution) among the students in a class. The term "curve '' refers to the bell curve, the graphical representation of the probability density of the normal distribution, but this method does not necessarily use any specific frequency distribution.
what does it mean when a professor grades on a curve
assigning grades designed to yield a normal distribution (also called the Gaussian distribution) among the students in a class