Mrs. Meyer's Grading Policy
February 10, 2008
Meyer/English
Grading Policy
In my English classes, each student is graded on a point system for each quarter. Points will vary for each assignment; examples of assignments include: daily grade points, quizzes, tests, writing assignments, etc. I figure each student's grade by adding up the points earned and then dividing that total by the number of possible points possible to have earned.
Example:
Student A earns the following points in a quarter:
72 daily grade points out of a possible 100
45 quiz points out of a possible 50
87 test points out of a possible 100
72 quiz points out of a possible 85
115 test points out of a possible 150
391 total points out of a possible 485
By dividing 391 by 485, I would know that Student A had earned a quarter grade of 81, which is a letter grade of C.
Each student's semester grade is figured automatically by averaging his/her grades from each quarter and then figuring in the semester test score at a certain percentage. The semester grade is what goes on each student's permanent transcript.
Important: Extra credit work is not part of my grading policy.
Occasionally I will offer students the opportunity to earn bonus points, but the grade given in my classes is not just an abstract number that I invent. It reflects an evaluation of how well students have learned the material I have presented based on my instruction and their successful completion of assignments. If at any time a student feels there is something we cover in class that he/she does not understand or if parents are concerned about their student's grade, talk to me right away and I will be more than happy to spend more time with instruction. Please do not wait until the end of the quarter or semester and then ask to do extra credit work - unrelated “busy work” to bring up your grade. (I personally would not want to be treated by a doctor who didn’t complete assignments or slept through classes and then shoved some extra credit work on the professor’s desk the day before grades were turned in. I wouldn’t want to drive over a bridge designed by an engineer who had the same attitude about his class work.) The curriculum covered in this class is approved by our school district and meets the standards of the State of Nebraska which are set up to ensure that all students who graduate from Nebraska high schools are literate, able to write well and to read and think critically – skills students need and use all their lives, no matter what career is chosen.
