User's Manual Part 2

Grade Calculations

Points Possible

AccelTest uses points earned divided by points possible to calculate grades. The student’s points

earned is divided by the points possible. This percentage determines a letter grade, based upon the

current letter grade percents.

Category Weights

You can set AccelTest to have certain categories of assignments contribute a fixed amount to each

student’s grade. To do this, you should use category weights to compute grades.

The percent correct within each category will be computed. Then grades are determined by a

weighted average of the percent correct within each category. If you want to use category weights,

see Calculate Grades Using section in the Categories dialog box on page 12.

Extra Credit

You can use extra credit assignments to allow your students to improve their grades. There are two

ways to do this, when you give the assignment to your students from the Gradebook.

• You can select the Extra Credit category, and use this category for all of your extra credit work.

This is the preferred way to handle extra credit, if using category weights to compute grades.

• You can designate an assignment in any category (homework, test, or quiz, for example) as an

extra credit assignment. You may prefer to do this, especially if you are using points possible to

compute grades.

See “Add Assignments to Gradebook and

Assign to Students” on page 21. Step 2

describes how to select the extra credit

category, as well as how to make a

Homework, Test or Quiz assignment extra

credit.

Using Points Possible: Assignments

designated as Extra Credit contribute to each

student’s points earned, but not to the total

points possible. When you give assignments

for Extra Credit, it is possible for students to

earn enough points so they will achieve a term or semester grade above 100%. AccelTest limits the

grade to 100%, however.

Homework Chapter 19/10

Quiz Chapter 18/10

Homework Questions 7/10

Homework Chapter 2 10/10

Homework Chapter 3 9/10

Extra Credit Homework 5/0

Test Chapters 1-4 9/10

Total 57/60 = 95%