Is That Grade Accurate?

By Joe Feldman, ACSD (from November 1, 2025)
It’s a common practice in classrooms: A student takes a deep breath, opens the test (on paper or on a screen), and does their best to earn as many points as possible. The teacher collects the test, assigns points to each correct answer, totals the points, and enters the score into the gradebook. That score goes into a “tests” category made up of several summative assessments and is weighted alongside other categories like “homework” and “labs,” then the gradebook app calculates a final course grade.
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