Does Aspen average by numerical or letter grade for final grade?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The above is not how DCPS calculates the grade. They publish a manual but it is odd.

They award a 96 for an A…I don’t know the number they award a B- but the guide should have it.

So you would take 96*3 plus the number for the B- and divide by 4.

I do know that 3 A- and one A equals A. Two B+ and two As = A.

They do round up…I think the 3 A- and 1 A is 92.5 which rounds up to 93 which is an A.

Is this 2016 Beacon article about the system you are describing?

https://thejackson-reedbeacon.com/6703/news/automatic-calculations-of-final-grades-concerns-teachers/

Thank for posting the article -- if it's from 2016, is it really still accurate? My understanding from reading the DCPS published grade reporting policy is that the numerical scale only matters for coverting a students' term performance into a term letter grade. Such as, anything from a 90% - 92% performance for the term becomes an A-. But after that, the term letter grade is converted to a grade point value on a 4 point scale which is all that is used for computing the final letter grade after four terms.

https://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/publication/attachments/Secondary-Grading-and-Reporting-Policy-8621.pdf (page 4), see also http://dcrules.elaws.us/dcmr/5-e2200.

For example, three A-'s and one C+ would be valued at (3.7 x 3.7 + 3.7 + 2.3) = 13.4, and 13.4 divided by 4 = 3.35 = a final grade of A-.

In contrast, based on the 2016 article, each term grade is converted to its highest possible numerical value regardless of what the actual score was. So three A-'s and one C+ would be 92 + 92 + 92 + 79 = 355, and 355 divided by 4 = 88.75 which only rounds up to an 89 or a final grade of B+.

The policy you are looking at is correct. The former 100-point scale system was revised in 2017 and the 2021 grading policy that is in effect now continued the GPA points calculation system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The above is not how DCPS calculates the grade. They publish a manual but it is odd.

They award a 96 for an A…I don’t know the number they award a B- but the guide should have it.

So you would take 96*3 plus the number for the B- and divide by 4.

I do know that 3 A- and one A equals A. Two B+ and two As = A.

They do round up…I think the 3 A- and 1 A is 92.5 which rounds up to 93 which is an A.

Is this 2016 Beacon article about the system you are describing?

https://thejackson-reedbeacon.com/6703/news/automatic-calculations-of-final-grades-concerns-teachers/

Thank for posting the article -- if it's from 2016, is it really still accurate? My understanding from reading the DCPS published grade reporting policy is that the numerical scale only matters for coverting a students' term performance into a term letter grade. Such as, anything from a 90% - 92% performance for the term becomes an A-. But after that, the term letter grade is converted to a grade point value on a 4 point scale which is all that is used for computing the final letter grade after four terms.

https://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/publication/attachments/Secondary-Grading-and-Reporting-Policy-8621.pdf (page 4), see also http://dcrules.elaws.us/dcmr/5-e2200.

For example, three A-'s and one C+ would be valued at (3.7 x 3.7 + 3.7 + 2.3) = 13.4, and 13.4 divided by 4 = 3.35 = a final grade of A-.

In contrast, based on the 2016 article, each term grade is converted to its highest possible numerical value regardless of what the actual score was. So three A-'s and one C+ would be 92 + 92 + 92 + 79 = 355, and 355 divided by 4 = 88.75 which only rounds up to an 89 or a final grade of B+.

The policy you are looking at is correct. The former 100-point scale system was revised in 2017 and the 2021 grading policy that is in effect now continued the GPA points calculation system.

Which policy are you referring to? Using 3.7 or 92 to average grades?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The above is not how DCPS calculates the grade. They publish a manual but it is odd.

They award a 96 for an A…I don’t know the number they award a B- but the guide should have it.

So you would take 96*3 plus the number for the B- and divide by 4.

I do know that 3 A- and one A equals A. Two B+ and two As = A.

They do round up…I think the 3 A- and 1 A is 92.5 which rounds up to 93 which is an A.

Is this 2016 Beacon article about the system you are describing?

https://thejackson-reedbeacon.com/6703/news/automatic-calculations-of-final-grades-concerns-teachers/

Thank for posting the article -- if it's from 2016, is it really still accurate? My understanding from reading the DCPS published grade reporting policy is that the numerical scale only matters for coverting a students' term performance into a term letter grade. Such as, anything from a 90% - 92% performance for the term becomes an A-. But after that, the term letter grade is converted to a grade point value on a 4 point scale which is all that is used for computing the final letter grade after four terms.

https://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/publication/attachments/Secondary-Grading-and-Reporting-Policy-8621.pdf (page 4), see also http://dcrules.elaws.us/dcmr/5-e2200.

For example, three A-'s and one C+ would be valued at (3.7 x 3.7 + 3.7 + 2.3) = 13.4, and 13.4 divided by 4 = 3.35 = a final grade of A-.

In contrast, based on the 2016 article, each term grade is converted to its highest possible numerical value regardless of what the actual score was. So three A-'s and one C+ would be 92 + 92 + 92 + 79 = 355, and 355 divided by 4 = 88.75 which only rounds up to an 89 or a final grade of B+.

The policy you are looking at is correct. The former 100-point scale system was revised in 2017 and the 2021 grading policy that is in effect now continued the GPA points calculation system.

Which policy are you referring to? Using 3.7 or 92 to average grades?

The 4.0 “gpa” method is what is currently in use.

[Anonymous]

Middle school GPA question: if a seventh grader gets B+ / A- for the two quarters of a half year course, how does this figure into the student's overall seventh grade GPA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Middle school GPA question: if a seventh grader gets B+ / A- for the two quarters of a half year course, how does this figure into the student's overall seventh grade GPA?

Everything is converted to quality points. So thr student earned an A- for the half year course, which is a 3.7. When calculating the GPA that 3.7 is multiplied by one half before being added into the total gpa and divided by the total Carnegie units for the year.