Middle school Grade calculation

[Anonymous]

Hello All,

DD is in middle school, and as grades are starting to come in, the assessments for Unit 1 in most core subjects have been completed. I was wondering how the grades are actually calculated. She has received a couple of B+ and A- grades and is feeling a bit anxious. I want to help her understand, but I’m not entirely sure how the grading works.

I understand that summative assessments carry more weight than formative assessments. Will these grades add up over the course of the quarter as more assessments are completed?

Thank you for your guidance!

[Anonymous]

Hello, yes the grades will all add up. It is not averaged by quarter, rather it is everything for the whole year. A few A- or B+ along the way won’t hurt, just make sure it doesn’t get too far or it would add up. Other than that, your daughter’s in the right place. There should be about 2-3 units this quarter for the classes, so she’s alright. Make sure she does her homework! It will be 10 percent of her final grade

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hello, yes the grades will all add up. It is not averaged by quarter, rather it is everything for the whole year. A few A- or B+ along the way won’t hurt, just make sure it doesn’t get too far or it would add up. Other than that, your daughter’s in the right place. There should be about 2-3 units this quarter for the classes, so she’s alright. Make sure she does her homework! It will be 10 percent of her final grade

Are there middle schools using rolling gradebook? Our MS is not. I thought only HS was doing that this year.

OP, you should have a syllabus that will tell you how grades are figured. Summative grades should be 70%, with hw and formative grades making up the other 30%. Hw can be up to 10%. Our hw counts for 5%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello, yes the grades will all add up. It is not averaged by quarter, rather it is everything for the whole year. A few A- or B+ along the way won’t hurt, just make sure it doesn’t get too far or it would add up. Other than that, your daughter’s in the right place. There should be about 2-3 units this quarter for the classes, so she’s alright. Make sure she does her homework! It will be 10 percent of her final grade

Are there middle schools using rolling gradebook? Our MS is not. I thought only HS was doing that this year.

OP, you should have a syllabus that will tell you how grades are figured. Summative grades should be 70%, with hw and formative grades making up the other 30%. Hw can be up to 10%. Our hw counts for 5%.

High school is forced to, but many middle schools have opted to. My middle school has done it for at least 3 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello, yes the grades will all add up. It is not averaged by quarter, rather it is everything for the whole year. A few A- or B+ along the way won’t hurt, just make sure it doesn’t get too far or it would add up. Other than that, your daughter’s in the right place. There should be about 2-3 units this quarter for the classes, so she’s alright. Make sure she does her homework! It will be 10 percent of her final grade

Are there middle schools using rolling gradebook? Our MS is not. I thought only HS was doing that this year.

OP, you should have a syllabus that will tell you how grades are figured. Summative grades should be 70%, with hw and formative grades making up the other 30%. Hw can be up to 10%. Our hw counts for 5%.

Yes, our middle school uses the rolling gradebook. Our homework counts for up to 10% of the final grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello, yes the grades will all add up. It is not averaged by quarter, rather it is everything for the whole year. A few A- or B+ along the way won’t hurt, just make sure it doesn’t get too far or it would add up. Other than that, your daughter’s in the right place. There should be about 2-3 units this quarter for the classes, so she’s alright. Make sure she does her homework! It will be 10 percent of her final grade

Are there middle schools using rolling gradebook? Our MS is not. I thought only HS was doing that this year.

OP, you should have a syllabus that will tell you how grades are figured. Summative grades should be 70%, with hw and formative grades making up the other 30%. Hw can be up to 10%. Our hw counts for 5%.

Yes, our middle school uses the rolling gradebook. Our homework counts for up to 10% of the final grade.

So yours is 70% tests and quizzes/summative, 20% formative and 10% homework? What is considered formative then? What classwork that is not test and quiz? Like a skills check maybe?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello, yes the grades will all add up. It is not averaged by quarter, rather it is everything for the whole year. A few A- or B+ along the way won’t hurt, just make sure it doesn’t get too far or it would add up. Other than that, your daughter’s in the right place. There should be about 2-3 units this quarter for the classes, so she’s alright. Make sure she does her homework! It will be 10 percent of her final grade

Are there middle schools using rolling gradebook? Our MS is not. I thought only HS was doing that this year.

OP, you should have a syllabus that will tell you how grades are figured. Summative grades should be 70%, with hw and formative grades making up the other 30%. Hw can be up to 10%. Our hw counts for 5%.

Yes, our middle school uses the rolling gradebook. Our homework counts for up to 10% of the final grade.

So yours is 70% tests and quizzes/summative, 20% formative and 10% homework? What is considered formative then? What classwork that is not test and quiz? Like a skills check maybe?

For us--70% of summative could be a major essay, project, or test. Quizzes, classwork, group participation grades, and homework are 30%. So within that 30% only 1/3 max can be homework--to be 10% overall. It's not even that high for our school. It's probably like 15% of the 30% making it closer to 5% of the overall grade.

[Anonymous]

I discovered in SIS that if you open Gradebook and click on the course, you have the option of the chart and grid view. Grid view makes everything make much more sense.