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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fairfax is starting a rolling gradebook.

All assignments continue to accumulate over the semester (for example: Qtr 1 has 10 assignments, Qtr 2 has the 10 assignments from quarter 1 + the 10 new ones from quarter 2)

Purpose is that it will show students their real grade "in real time". For example, with a traditional grading system like MCPS has, if a student had an A in quarter 1 and then failed the first quiz of quarter 2, they would have an E until they could raise the grade. [b]However, with a rolling gradebook, the failed assignment would be averaged in with all of the other assignments and have an appropriate weight therefore just pulling the grade down a little.[/b] This might even be less stressful for the student.

Fairfax uses ParentVUE as well. The rolling gradebook allows parents to see all the assignments throughout the semester. It would make it easier to see trends.

I know MCPS is looking at grading policies. Should they consider a rolling gradebook?[/quote]
How does this work exactly? The entire semester’s worth of assignments has to be input first and then what grade do you assume the student is getting on the rest of the assignments? 0, because they haven’t done it yet? 50% because that’s the minimum if they do it? If you start with 100% for everything then kids just watch their grade fall all semester- that’s disheartening.

I don’t think a semester long rolling gradebook solves anything. Averaging together the actual percentages of the two quarters would be a more accurate reflection of student performance, but that doesn’t need a semester long gradebook.[/quote]

Imagine a student has a 91% quarter 1 and an 81% quarter 2. In MCPS that is an A for the semester. With a rolling gradebook, it would be closer to an 86%. (Just the average of all the grades over a semester instead of averaging over a quarter.). Might be more accurate with rolling gradebook.[/quote]

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