I’d love for any teacher readers, if you’re out there, to share what sort of grading system you use. When I was a student teacher we used weighted grade scales. For example, essays might be 35% of total grade with homework being 10% etc etc. The problem I found with this is that nobody told me this is really only accurate if all assignments have same point value. Do I have this wrong? I mean, if I am only giving 20 points for homework, 50 points for quizzes and so on, then the weights are thrown off.
The past few years I’ve just done a point system which was dependent upon what I felt the assignments were worth. Not the most scientific. Basically, warm ups are 5 points. Basic class work 10. Homework 20. Quizzes 40, essays 100.
So, what do you do?
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Don’t worry so much about grading. I grade by points. At the end of the trimester is the student received 100 out of 200 points thier grade is a 50%. Similar to what you are doing.
The grade isn’t important, the learning is. Just be sure your grade matches their learning.
Do You Give Zeros? http://technologyinclass.com/blog/2009/12/07/do-you-give-zeros/