Grade Weighting

Homework: 20% of semester grade

Labs, notes and in-class work: 10%

Tests and Quizzes: 50%

Final Exam: 20%

You will notice that each grade item belongs to one of these categories. The point values I've chosen for each item are proportional to these weights, so students have a better sense of the value of each item in their grade.

Powerschool weights each category as above, but leaves it out of the weighting until a grade item is added to that category. As a result, the grades it shows early in a semester may not be good representations of a student's progress. For example, the first quiz given in a semester will automatically be shown as being worth 50% of the grade -- even though it is a very small item in the overall scheme.

As the semester goes on, the result that Powerschool shows you will be better-aligned to a student's progress in the class.