Grades & Error Analysis

All official grades are posted on ParventVUE/StudentVUE, but can also be viewed on Canvas; to see details as to why points might have been lost and how to possibly improve grades, view the individual assignments/assessments on Canvas.  Student assignments and grading will fall under one of two categories; summative or formative. Grades will be updated a minimum of every two weeks.  I am using the 15th and the 30th as a guideline.

Grade Categories

Formative—40%

• Formative assignments and assessments are those students tackle through the process of learning and their progress drives instructional strategies.  Formative assignments are generally graded for completion or effort, whereas formative assessments are graded for accuracy.  Student tasks may include pretests, warm-ups, problems of the day, classwork, independent work, labs, group work, ALEKS work, exit tickets, etc. 

Summative—60%

• Summative assignments and assessments are a measure of student mastery of specific content.  Summative assessments may include traditional quizzes, tests, projects (individual and group) and labs.  Assessments all come with a second attempt and the two scores are averaged together.

Overall Grade Calculation

• Each semester is broken down into two terms.  Each term is worth 50% of the semester grade.  The overall course grade is 50% first semester, 50% second semester.