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Re: Grades
Posted by Allison on 7/29/08
To Calif: The problem with this system is that it only works if you
have equal numbers of each thing. The way you have it set up, you
now have 4 worksheets = 1 essay (plus a little), so each category
is about equal in terms of the overall grade if that's how your
proportions come out. Missing one test is still more damaging to
the grade than missing a worksheet but each category is still worth
half of the grade. Or something. Of course I teach English too so
could be wrong :)
To answer the OP, I use Gradekeeper and weight my grades. I had a
system I really liked but the principal said we needed a
departmental standard, so next year it'll be 70% "assessments" and
15% each homework and classwork. I like the weighted grades
because it keeps essays and major projects from disappearing into a
sea of homework. It also limits the effects of extra credit, which
I have set up so it can never be more than 1% of the grade. Also,
with an electronic system, it is easy to excuse someone from an
assignment without having to recalculate everything.
On 7/28/08, calif englih teacher wrote:
> I posted on this before but didn't get any feedback.
>
> We use Zangle. I weight assignments, but it appears that as the
> year progresses, the weighting is skewed because the number of
> possible points increases. 20% of 100 points is worth more than
> 20% of 1,000 points. Right? So the September essay appears to
> be worth more than the December one.
>
> My husband, a former research scientist who taught statistics
> at a UC, refused to spend more than an hour trying to figure
> out how to rework it. He said I should do the calculations
> myself and and input them into Zangle. If I could do that, I'd
> be a math teacher.
>
> I ended up weighting everything at 1 and making the most
> important assignments worth the most points. An essay is worth
> 50 points, worksheet 15, etc.
>
> I'm holding my breath in fear that a dedicated parent with
> serious math skills will call me on this.
>
> Does anybody have any suggestions?
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Grades, 7/28/08, by KV.
- Re: Grades, 7/28/08, by curiositycat.
- Re: Grades, 7/28/08, by calif englih teacher.
- Re: Grades, 7/29/08, by Allison.
- Re: great topic, and I'm struggling with this myself, 7/29/08, by marjoryt.
- Re: Former accoutant and now English teacher, 7/29/08, by Laurie/hs/CA.
- Re: Question for - Former accoutant and now English teacher, 7/30/08, by math challenged.
- Re: Question for - Former accoutant and now English teacher, 7/30/08, by Laurie/ha/CA.
- Re: Former accoutant and now English teacher, 8/04/08, by dk.
- Re: Former accoutant and now English teacher, 8/10/08, by lousy in math .
- Re: My weighted grades, 8/10/08, by Laurie/hs/CA.
- Re: Former accoutant and now English teacher, 8/10/08, by Laurie/hs/CA.
- Re: My weighted grades, 8/10/08, by lousy at math.
- Re: My weighted grades, 8/10/08, by curiositycat.
- Re: My weighted grades, 8/10/08, by Laurie/hs/CA.
- Re: My weighted grades, 8/10/08, by curiositycat.
- Re: My weighted grades, 8/10/08, by Laurie/hs/CA.
- Re: Grades, 8/11/08, by calif english teacher.
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