Assignment Grade Calculation

Required and Penalty: The rigor settings of Required and Penalty allow you to adjust both the number of questions and the overall level of rigor a student must achieve to increase their grade.

For more information about Required and Penalty, click here.

Weight: Weight determines how much each skill contributes to the assignment grade. Changing the weight allows you to control the relative importance of each skill in calculating the assignment grade.

For more information about weights, click here.

If a student answers a question correctly, their grade will increase.

• In the first skill, the student has reached a high score of 1 out of 3, which equates to ⅓ or 33%. 
• In the second skill, the student has a current high score of 0 out of 3, or 0%. 
• In this case, the two skills were weighted equally. Therefore, the overall assignment grade is their average: (33% + 0%)/2 = 16.5%, which rounds to 17%.

Once a student completes a skill, they will see a   next to the skill.

• The student has completed the first skill with a high score of 3 out of 3, or 100%. 
• In the second skill, the student has a high score of 0 out of 3, or 0%.
• Again, the two skills are weighted equally, so the overall assignment grade is their average: (100% + 0%)/2 = 50%.

An incorrect response never leads to a drop in a student's grade. Incorrect responses only affect the student's current “Score” as determined by the “Required” and “Penalty” settings on the assignment. 

To learn more about the interaction between student scores, student high scores/grades, and the rigor settings, click here. 

The more the student completes the assignment, the higher their grade will rise.

• The student has completed the first skill with a high score of 3 out of 3, or 100%. 
• In the second skill, the student has attained a high score of 1 out of 3, or 33%.
• With equal weighting, the overall assignment grade is the average of the two skill grades: (100% + 33%)/2 = 66.7%, which rounds to 67%.

However, there are a few situations where students will not have access to unlimited practice. As a result, the assignment grade will be based at least in part on accuracy.

These situations include:

Assign this Problem

If you assign specific problems, students will not receive additional practice if they answer the question(s) incorrectly. This could result in a student's grade percentage being lower than their completion percentage. For example, students may have completed 5 out of 5 assigned problems (100% complete) but only answered 3 of them correctly, yielding a grade of 3 out of 5, or 60%.

For more information about this feature, click here. 

Create Your Own Problem

As in the case of “Assign this Problem,” if an assignment includes a teacher-created problem or problems, students will not receive additional practice for incorrect responses.

For more information about this feature, click here. 

Max Problems  
If Max Problems have been set for a given skill, students may run out of problems before achieving the Required high score.

For example, let's say the Required high score for a certain skill is set to 3, but the Max Problems are set to 10. 
 

If a student completes 10 problems with a high score of 2, their completion percentage will automatically jump to 100% after answering the tenth problem. No more problems will be provided, and instead, the student will see the message displayed on the right. 

However, unlike completion percentage, the student's grade is still calculated based on their high score (in this case, 2 out of 3), resulting in a grade of 67%.

For more information about this feature, click here.

From the student perspective, students will notice that their grade percentage and completion percentage differ.

• If students answer an “Assign this Problem” or a “Create Your Own Problem" correctly, they will see a.
• If students answer an “Assign this Problem” or a “Create Your Own Problem" incorrectly, they will see a. 
• If Max Problems were assigned, but the student ran out of problems to practice before earning the required high score, they will see a greyed-out   icon. 

In this example to the right, the due date is 5/3 at 4 pm for 100% credit, with one late date on 5/10 at 4 pm for 50% credit. Any work completed after the last late date will earn 0% credit.

Here, Student A has completed 100% of the assignment before the due date.

The assignment grade is calculated as follows:

• 100% of the assignment will receive 100% credit for being on time: 100% of 100% = 100% 
• Assignment grade: 100%

Here, Student B has completed 60% of the assignment before the due date and 40% of the assignment after the due date but before the late date.

The assignment grade will be calculated as follows: 
 

• 60% of the assignment will receive 100% credit for being on time: 100% of 60% = 60%
• 40% of the assignment will receive 50% credit for being late: 50% of 40% = 20%
• Assignment Grade: 60% + 20% = 80%

Here, Student C has completed 50% of the assignment before the due date, 40% of the assignment after the due date but before the late date, and 10% of the assignment after the late date.

The assignment grade will be calculated as follows: 
 

• 50% of the assignment will receive 100% credit for being on time: 100% of 50% = 50%
• 40% of the assignment will receive 50% credit for being late: 50% of 40% = 20%
• 10% of the assignment will receive 0% credit for being completed after the last late date: 0% of 10% = 0%
• Assignment Grade: 50% + 20% + 0% = 70%