Gordon and Fay surveyed approximately 600 college students about the prevalence and appropriateness of teaching practices that helped students prepare for exams and about common test score manipulations used to turn poor scores into acceptable scores. There are times when teachers need to make a change to grades if the entire class or most of the class is performing poorly. This is considered a "bell curve" where teachers add points to the grade to make it higher. Curved degrees are not the only degree alternation. There is also the “redo the exam or test” method. This influences students to not have to worry about doing their best on the first try because they will be able to succeed. Except this isn't the worst part, it's even worse when students are allowed to repeat or redo the assignment as many times as necessary and teachers will accept the higher grade (Gordon and Fay). However, according to the survey conducted by Gordon and Fay, teachers do not think this is wrong. Instructors think this is acceptable since students are able to demonstrate