Part One: (Methods of reporting progress) 15 points

For my seventh grade English class I feel the three methods I would use to report student progress are traditional letter-grade system, checklists of objectives, and portfolios of student work. The traditional letter-grade system deals with the establishment of a letter grade for each subject. The most common letters used are A, B, C, D, and F, which represent a portion of a numerical scale. The advantages of this grade report system is that it is a clear-cut method of reporting student achievement in a well-defined grading system. Some of the more general strengths in the traditional letter grade system is how easily the grades are averaged and the fact that this method provides useful information in the prediction of future achievement of a student. The disadvantages for the traditional letter grade system are many. The disadvantages i

nclude such things as not fully explaining how the grade came about, differentiation from teacher to teacher of interpretation of the grading scale, and that the grade is a combination of many things such as behavior, work habits, achievement, and effort. Most importantly the final letter grade does not specify exact strengths and weaknesses of an individual student. The advantages outweigh the disadvantages in that due to the fact it is a traditional grading system widely used across the country, more people are familiar with it, and it provides a general sense of where the student stands.

The total amount of points possible during the course of the grading period in my English class is 1400 points. To get the student’s final grade I will add up the total points they have earned throughout the marking period then divide by 1400. By doing this it will give me the grade the student shall received based upon how many points they got out of the possible 1400 points. For instance if the student earns 1200 points during the marking period I will divide 1200 by 1400 to get .857. I then change the decimal into a percentage and get 86 percent (after rounding up).

B. Quizzes- Quizzes are an essential formative evaluation for the student and the teacher both. The quizzes provide an opportunity for the teacher to asses where the student stands on weekly lessons and provides the student with an idea of areas that need focus. They also provide the teacher more grades for the student and the student an opportunity to help him or herself improve their overall grade in the class.

A. Tests- Test grades give summative evaluation of specific skills taught, for example a test on various types of punctuation learned through the grading period. Some types of assignments I would count as a test grade would be a research paper, a book report, or an essay. I would allow for these to count as test grades because they are major assignments, which also evaluate a student’s knowledge of skills and information, taught. The reason I am including other assignments in the testing cate

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