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Evaluating grading policies across campus
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Introduction: Newbury Park High School is home to a diverse collection of students, classes, and teachers. With various courses available, each requires a different method of assessing a student’s learning of the subject. Teachers and policies also differ from classroom to classroom, and all have their own norms. There are many different grading systems…
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Grading systems fail to support student growth
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Recently more teachers are introducing different policies and no two teachers seem to follow the same exact grading practices. While it used to be a percentage based on overall points that students worried about, it has become increasingly difficult to understand how the effort you put into a class translates to your final grade.…