Grading

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• Grading Scale
  
• Determining the grades
  
• Bonus Points
  
• Gradebook
  

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Our grading scale is based on the Harry Potter books:

Though you are free to adjust to the scale (curve the grade or make it harder to pass your class), this is the basic scale for how to determine the letter grade:

Percentage	Letter Grade
90-100	O (outstanding)
80-89	E (exceeds expectation)
70-79	A (acceptable)
60-69	P (poor)
50-59	D (dreadful)
49 and lower	T (troll)

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Determining grades

In a term, there is a total of five classes with optional homework, midterm, or final exams. Unless you feel like changing this around, this is how things will be weighted:

Class 1: 20 points
Class 2: 20 points
Class 3: 20 points
Class 4: 20 points
Class 5: 20 points

The total possible points (not including bonus questions) is 100 points.
Professors reserve the right not to award you full credit for participation. This is usually when a student only posts once in a thread. It also depends upon the length of a thread.

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Bonus Points

This is for professors and students who wish to utilize bonus points:

**The maximum number of homework assignments any professor may issue is 3. Each homework assignment can give a student up to 5 bonus points. Should a student do 3 assignments and earn all 5 points per assignment, they can earn up to 15 points.

**Only one midterm exam can be assigned. It is completely optional. A student may earn up to 20 points by doing the midterm which would make up for one missed class.

**Only one final exam can be assigned. It is completely optional. A student may earn up to 20 points by doing the midterm which would make up for one missed class.

No student may make higher than a 115% in any class.

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Gradebook

At the end of the term, the Deputy Headmaster will need to be able to look at a professor's gradebook to determine the scores of the students to log in the permanent records. As such, we request you follow the following template:

(To find the final score, add up all of the points, including the bonus points, and divide by 5.)

Name	House	Year	Class 1	Class 2	Class 3	Class 4	Class 5	Bonus Points	Total Points	Average (%)	Letter Grade
last name, first name	student's house	student's year	grade	grade	grade	grade	grade	grade	points	avg %	letter
last name, first name	student's house	student's year	grade	grade	grade	grade	grade	grade	points	avg %	letter
last name, first name	student's house	student's year	grade	grade	grade	grade	grade	grade	points	avg %	letter

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To add more students to the list, simply copy/paste
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and put it in front of the end table tag [/table]

If you need any help setting this up, send me or Oliver Wood a private message.