Post by Mary Beth Jones on Jun 29, 2012 11:18:10 GMT -5
There is no set way to weight grades, but here are some guidelines that the CIAS Campus School staff uses to weight students' grades to configure course GPA's:
If a course has quizzes or checkups:
Average all quizzes completed during one (1) quarter together for a test grade, four (4) per year
If you want to average in homework:
Average all homework completed during one (1) quarter together for a test grade, four (4) per year
If course has no cumulative tests:
Enter each test once (with no weighting)
If a course has cumulative exams:
Weight them according to their accumulation.
For example, a 3-week test should be entered once and not be weighted,
a 9-week exam should be weighted and entered 2 times,
a semester exam should be weighted 3 times,
and a final exam should be weighted 4 times.
Sometimes, parents like to split the weight of a class 25% homework/75% test grades or 40% homework/60% test grades. these are also both acceptable.
If a course has quizzes or checkups:
Average all quizzes completed during one (1) quarter together for a test grade, four (4) per year
If you want to average in homework:
Average all homework completed during one (1) quarter together for a test grade, four (4) per year
If course has no cumulative tests:
Enter each test once (with no weighting)
If a course has cumulative exams:
Weight them according to their accumulation.
For example, a 3-week test should be entered once and not be weighted,
a 9-week exam should be weighted and entered 2 times,
a semester exam should be weighted 3 times,
and a final exam should be weighted 4 times.
Sometimes, parents like to split the weight of a class 25% homework/75% test grades or 40% homework/60% test grades. these are also both acceptable.