DoDEA Software How 2.0? GradeSpeed Using Category Report to Analyze Grades 1. Login to GradeSpeed (https://dodea.gradespeed.

net) and click on the Reports button. 2. Select the Category Averages for your class (from the drop-down menu) and press Generate

3. The category report shows the averages for each student.

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DoDEA Software How 2.0? GradeSpeed As a further step, you can export this data into Excel and run several formulas to further analyze the grades for the whole class. 4. Highlight your grades and copy

5. Open Excel and right-click and choose Paste

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DoDEA Software How 2.0? GradeSpeed 6. Now you can enter formulas to get more information from your category averages. a. Standard Deviation This will show you how much variation from your mean scores (the larger the number, the more variance and possible need to re-teach or re-evaluate the category assignments the formula is: =STDEV(cell names)

b. Median The median will show you the middle score The formula is: =MEDIAN(cell names and numbers)

c. Average Excel will calculate the average score by using the Average formula: =AVERAGE(cell names and numbers)

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DoDEA Software How 2.0? GradeSpeed 7. Depending on how many categories you have, you can copy the formulas to the other categories by dragging (from the lower right-corner of your cell) the formula across the columns

8. Your spreadsheet now has data you can use for reflecting on future assessments and how you weight them for the final grade

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