What do the colors and ranges mean?

• Exemplary (dark green) is when you score 90% or greater on an activity. Another important aspect of grading, we want you to understand, when you score in the Exemplary (dark green) range you will receive 100% for that activity, this is because when you score greater than 90% on an activity it will be rounded to 100%.
• Mastery (light green) is when you score from 80% to 89% on an activity.
• Proficient (yellow) is when you score from 70%-79% on an activity.
• Emerging (light red) is when you score from 50%-69% on an activity.
• Does Not Meet (dark red) is when you score from 0% to 49%. Your score does not meet expectations and you will not be able to proceed to future activities.

As you work through the learning map, you will demonstrate how well you know the material either by answering a series of questions in a pre-test called Determine Knowledge, by successfully working through the activities in the order suggested by the system, or by practicing or revising activities where you have scored below Exemplary (dark green).

Your score in a KnowledgePath assignment will be calculated by multiplying the number of activities you complete, known as Knowledge Covered, by the overall level of competence, as judged by your score in the activities, which is called your Knowledge State. You can always return to any material to better understand the content and improve your performance and score on specific activities which contributes to your Knowledge State. When you do this your score can improve both by scoring higher and also by making an attempt to revise your work. You can score 1 point per attempt, up until 10 because we really want you to work toward comprehension and mastery but not to neglect other activities trying just for points not understanding.

It is important to understand that you must score at the emerging (light red) level before moving onto other activities, often that activity is considered prerequisite knowledge, which must be mastered before other activities will be available to you.

Remember your total KnowledgePath assignment grade, also called a composite score, is Knowledge Covered (all the activities) multiplied by Knowledge State (your mastery score).