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In response to "I've seen that around here as well, my only issue with it is....." by volnelk

Your last paragraphs are really key. I've seen my kids grades go from A to F with one missing assignment because both the weighting on the 0 and the

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) May 20 '15, 06:45

weighting of the number of assignments in that portion of their grade was disproportionate. I didn't get a chance to attend the town hall last night where they laid it out in more detail but I believe it was targeted specifically at homework (I think they call that formative?) vs. tests (summative?).

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Correct. Formative vs. Summative. We use a program that can weigh them for you. - volnelk May 20, 06:51 2
- Yeah, they're implementing standards across the district also so that those weightings, etc are fair between teachers, teams, schools - oblique May 20, 06:55 1
  - It sounds like a great system. -- nm - TWuG May 20, 06:57

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Your last paragraphs are really key. I've seen my kids grades go from A to F with one missing assignment because both the weighting on the 0 and the

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