Reply to Help me understand the logic behind Weighting All Tasks/Assessments so heavily

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "Help me understand the logic behind Weighting All Tasks/Assessments so heavily"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One thing to point out about the "practice/preparation" section is also sometimes called "completion". For at least some types of classes, the grade is simply did the student try all the problems, NOT did the student successfully complete the problems. The grade is often (but not always and not in every class) an "all or nothing" grade; you either tried and get full credit, or you didn't and get no credit (or half credit depending on the grading policy of the individual teacher or school; there is some debate about whether not turning in an assignment at all should get credit, with teachers generally opposed to giving half credit where no effort has been shown, while admin pushes for giving half credit. Again mileage may vary with individual teachers and schools.

So one problem with counting the practice/prep/completion as a higher percent is that might require teachers to increase the workload by actually grading the assignment. Back in the good old days, when admin let teachers teach, that was standard. But now, with hundreds of hours of "unfunded mandates" for various admin-required paperwork foisted upon teacher's time, few teachers have the time or bandwidth to grade daily assignments and get them back quickly. Hence 10%; it can AT MOST change a grade by a letter.

Think of it as simply the 10% bonus for showing the teacher on a daily/regular basis that you are at least trying.

[/quote]

The nice thing about the completion category is that a student can at least earn a D if they just submit all their assignments. That way a student who is really having a hard time learning the material can pass because they tried. [/quote]

No, they can't. As explained above they would get a 55% which is an E. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics