Mr. McIntyre taught from the Program of Studies this term. He is comfortable with the way he taught. As he reviews his grade book he knows he has a good variety of data (MC test, short answer, matching, performance assessments, and self-evaluations) showing student achievement. Mr. McIntrye has a number of group scores that he could also include. In spite of all this data, Mr. McIntyre is having a hard time coming up with a report card grade.
Think and Discuss
The group scores should have very little, if any, weight in the final assessment mark. Assessment marks should reflect the individual student's achievement. It would be difficult to defend a group mark to a parent as it would be difficult to pinpoint the student's actual participation in the project.
I think weighting should be determined by the task, whether it is a small, big, easy or difficult task. Unit tests may be worth more than quizzes, and essays may be worth more than short answer. Mr. McIntyre needs to look at his course outline and decide how he wants to weigh his assignments and tests. With all of his assignments combined, Mr. McIntyre should have a possible 100% for the students to try to achieve. For example: Quizzes are worth 20%, unit tests are worth 40%, performance task worth 30% and 10% for a final paper. Grand total of 100%.
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