Grading Policy Karis Lin

My Grading Policy

I believe that my future formative assessments will be carefully designed with

validity and reliability so that students can prepare themselves well and demonstrate

their knowledge without getting points off for being confused or shocked with a

completely unfamiliar type of problem from the ones they have spent time practicing

over in class. The summative assessment especially will have different level of

problems that can show where each student’s understanding lays. I will try to make all

assessments fair and easy to pass so that students who try hard but couldn’t reach to

the higher level of understanding before the test won’t be too discouraged, and students

who want challenges will have to work hard to get 100.

In my classroom, students will be graded based on their efforts. If students do

their work and learn they will get credit. Otherwise all work that isn’t made up will be

graded as zero towards the end of the class. I want all my students to be encouraged to

try and learn the materials in this class until the last day of each class.

Modifications/accommodations:

Students with special learning needs can take quizzes and tests in a separate

classroom setting and/or with extended time. If students need special accommodation, I

can try to modify the assignments for them based on their needs.
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My grading policy:

● Homework: 15%

17 homework, 2 lowest homework grades get dropped.

● Problem Of the Day (POD): 5%

Extra credit.

● Projects: 25%

2 projects, higher project grade will be 15%; lower project grade will be 10% of

your project grade.

● Quizzes: 15%

6 quizzes, lowest quiz grade get dropped.

● Tests: 25%

4 Tests, highest test grade will be 10%; the rest are 5% each

● Final: 20%

Grading Rules:

Any assignments that are still missing by lunch time of the final exam day for this

class will be graded as zeros. Any late or make up work has to be completed or turned

in before lunch of the final exam day for this class.

● Homework

- Turn in any 5 homework to be graded for accuracy.

- All late or make up homework are accepted for full credit but graded as

completion only and not for accuracy

● Problem Of the Day (POD)

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- Warm up problems before class starts.

- Students can turn in all the POD for checking before each test to receive a

completion grade based on the amount of POD they did for extra credit points.

● Projects

- Late projects that are turned in within 3 days of late extension cannot get bonus

credits but won’t get late work grade deduction.

- Make up projects that are turned in within a week of make up extension can still

get bonus credits and won’t get late work grade deduction.

- Make up projects that are turned in 3 days after a week of make up extension

cannot get bonus credits but won’t get late work grade deduction.

- Late or makeup projects that are turned in after 3 days of extension will get 10%

late work grade deduction and no bonus credits.

● Quizzes

- Make up quizzes can still receive full credit if taken before the corresponding unit

test.

- Make up quizzes will get 20% grade deduction if taken after the corresponding

unit test.

● Tests

- Make up Tests can still receive full credit if taken within 5 school days after the

original test date.

- Make up quizzes will get 20% grade deduction if taken after the 5 school days

extension after the original test date.

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- If students do test corrections, they can get 1 point back for each problem they

got wrong.

● Final

- Make up final can be taken according to the school final schedule.

- If the final has to be taken early due to personal plan, it can be arranged if you

notified me 2 days ahead of time.