tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695345780932005017.post8576192809484328191..comments2023-11-24T00:33:07.161-08:00Comments on TeachteKBeck : Grading IronyKristen Beckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03517864993491472673noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695345780932005017.post-30064100071803371762012-11-03T16:43:09.790-07:002012-11-03T16:43:09.790-07:00My turn to say oops. I didn't think you were s...My turn to say oops. I didn't think you were saying that. I was just musing about the issues you brought up. I want to do everything I can to make the grading fair, and productive. (Productive meaning that it encourages students to try harder, and to learn more.)Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695345780932005017.post-76605073538583927322012-11-03T10:17:14.883-07:002012-11-03T10:17:14.883-07:00Oops Sue, I did not mean to imply that your system...Oops Sue, I did not mean to imply that your system was lop-sided, I was implying those educators that use a straight 100% scale have some inequities in their grading. Of course all of this is just my opinion.Kristen Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03517864993491472673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695345780932005017.post-91552860873892866342012-11-03T09:51:03.013-07:002012-11-03T09:51:03.013-07:00Since I allow retakes, I often just put an x on th...Since I allow retakes, I often just put an x on their test if it's way low. No need to differentiate between a 10 and a 30. So there really aren't 60 ways ... In my class it's about equal spread for F, D, or C (D and C are each 15%) and slightly smaller spread for A or B. <br /><br />I'd say they can make almost half the points from very little understanding, so 0 to 40 isn't really such a big spread as it sounds.Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695345780932005017.post-82338832328368290882012-11-03T09:37:24.310-07:002012-11-03T09:37:24.310-07:00Hi Sue, that is exactly what a lot of teachers do....Hi Sue, that is exactly what a lot of teachers do. Another thing that bothers me... that there are 60 ways a student can get a D or an F and only 10 ways to get either an A, B, or a C. So adapting your percentages definitely helps. Before implementing standards based grading I used a 5 point scale and had to create very interesting percentages for calculating. I had to hide the percentages from the parents and students because it was not what they were used to seeing.Kristen Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03517864993491472673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695345780932005017.post-74748014078777454732012-11-03T08:38:44.608-07:002012-11-03T08:38:44.608-07:00Thank you for this post. I wonder if the mean stil...Thank you for this post. I wonder if the mean still causes trouble when the 0's are changed to something near the pass/fail cutoff. I give a D for 50-75%, so before having excel calculate the mean, I change all 0's to 40's. On a 10-point scale that would be one point lower than the D.Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.com