There is a student Emma, who has recently graduated from Austin High School, where 90/10 grading system is used; 90% of Emma’s grades are knowledge based with scores such as tests and projects, while her practice work such as homework is worth 10% of her grade. Emma, naturally found school somewhat easy and because homework was only 10% of her grade, she often did not bother to do her practice work. Although she did not do her homework through high school, Emma managed to keep above a 3.00 GPA because practice work was worth so little. When Emma enters college, she is shocked to see that she would have to complete homework, and that it would affect her grade drastically if she didn’t complete her homework. Not only that, but she must “try”
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As my example shows above the 90/10 grading system is not fully preparing students for college. Assignments are worth much more than 10% of a student’s grade in college, and if they do not do the assignments they will not pass with a grade they would have passed with in high school. If you think about it, if a student at Austin High School did not do any practice work and did perfectly on their assessments, the student could pass with an A- at 90%. This does not happen at college and many students are not aware of this because they have grown so used to the grading system. As a PSEO (Post-Secondary Enrollment Option) student I have learned the practice work is worth so much more than 10% in college, and often times if you do not do practice work, you will not get a good score on assessments. When students from Austin High School step into college many of them might be shocked to see how much practice work affects their grade and how much work they will have to do to stay on task. The grading system at Austin High school is not preparing students for the assignments and the grading scale for …show more content…
As a student who does their practice work, I feel as if I am not getting credit for doing my practice work as it barely impacts my grades. Students know practice work is important, but who wants to do work that is not benefiting their grades? Others may say that, “the 90/10 grading system is helping students by not penalizing them for practice scores preparing them for tests.” This again is true to a point. The grades of students who do badly on their practice assignments are not being brought down much. But, once one sees that they can do bad on practice assignments and still get good grades, they may not try as hard or put as much work into their grades. While there are cases of the 90/10 grading system helping students, it is doing more harm than
As my example shows above the 90/10 grading system is not fully preparing students for college. Assignments are worth much more than 10% of a student’s grade in college, and if they do not do the assignments they will not pass with a grade they would have passed with in high school. If you think about it, if a student at Austin High School did not do any practice work and did perfectly on their assessments, the student could pass with an A- at 90%. This does not happen at college and many students are not aware of this because they have grown so used to the grading system. As a PSEO (Post-Secondary Enrollment Option) student I have learned the practice work is worth so much more than 10% in college, and often times if you do not do practice work, you will not get a good score on assessments. When students from Austin High School step into college many of them might be shocked to see how much practice work affects their grade and how much work they will have to do to stay on task. The grading system at Austin High school is not preparing students for the assignments and the grading scale for …show more content…
As a student who does their practice work, I feel as if I am not getting credit for doing my practice work as it barely impacts my grades. Students know practice work is important, but who wants to do work that is not benefiting their grades? Others may say that, “the 90/10 grading system is helping students by not penalizing them for practice scores preparing them for tests.” This again is true to a point. The grades of students who do badly on their practice assignments are not being brought down much. But, once one sees that they can do bad on practice assignments and still get good grades, they may not try as hard or put as much work into their grades. While there are cases of the 90/10 grading system helping students, it is doing more harm than