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Monday, September 10, 2007

Power Grade

Anyone out there use power grade as their computer gradebook? I started using the NTI method of total points rather than converting to 100% scale. I had a couple kids with really really low scores. When I put it in power grade it did absolutely nothing to their overall average. Anyone else ever have the same problem?

5 comments:

Jessie H said...

Perry, if you are using a total points system that is based on a 100 point scale, then the students overall averages would not change.

Now, let’s say your point system is based on a 500 point scale. In other words, the maximum number of points that students could earn on a sum total of all of their graded work would be 500 points. In order to convert these point values to percentage values to determine letter grades, it would work out like this:


500-450 = A (100% of 500 = 500 and 90% of 500 equals 450)
449-400 = B (89% of 500 = 449 and 80% of 500 = 400)
399-350 = C (79% of 500 = 399 and 70% of 500 = 350)
349-300 = D (69% of 500 = 349 and 60% of 500 = 300)
Below 300 = F

Also, I found these online resources for PowerGrade for you:

Online PowerGrade Tutorials
http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/powergrade


PowerGrade Manual
http://gmcs.k12.nm.us/powerschool/Training%20Manuals/powergradeiptworkbook1.03pro.pdf

Perry said...

i think im gonna need to go back to the old 100 scale...some of my grades the kids got a score out of 100 and on some grades they got a score out of 48, some 27 etc...and since i dont know yet the total points they have a possibility of scoring for the semester i cant break it down like you showed ...guess i messed up big time..OOOPS...thanks for the links

Jessie H said...

Your right, the point system only works if you know in map it all out in advance. If you stick with your 100 scale, you can convert these items worth only 48 or 27 or whatever points to percentage values. To do this, you simply take earned score and divide by the total possible score. If a student earned 40 out of 48 points. You divide 40 by 48 which equals 83%.

Jamie said...

Hi Perry,
When I came last year the teacher who was here before me had the powergrade set to take her grades using the NTI method. I think you have to go into the utilities part of powerschool and change the grading scale. I think powerschool has everthing weighted on a 100 pt. scale. I am not yet familiar with everything powerschool can do or how to do it. Do you have a tech support person who can help you?
Jamie

Perry said...

i found that today on the link jessie sent...it has to be set up on total points and we are required to use weighting...ooops..guess my kids got a couple of freebies on the first couple tests...ill go back to the 100 point scale..i was just being lazy and not wanting to have to convert