Grade Tracker
One row per assessment. Keeping this yourself means you always know where you stand, rather than finding out at the end of term.
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The course
- Subject
- Teacher
- Term
- Grade scale used
- Grade you are aiming for
- Where the syllabus is
Every test and assignment
| Date | What it was | Points | Out of | % | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The arithmetic and the usual scale
- Percentage
- (points + extra credit) / points possible x 100
- Extra credit
- adds to the top, never the bottom
- Each point is worth
- 100 / points possible
- A
- 90 and above — 4 grade points
- B
- 80 to 89 — 3 points
- C
- 70 to 79 — 2 points
- D
- 60 to 69 — 1 point
- F
- below 60 — 0 points
- ⚠ Check first
- your syllabus — 7-point scales and +/- grades are common
After every test comes back
- Score written down here the day you get it, not later
- Arithmetic checked - totalling errors are common and always worth catching
- Every question you got wrong actually understood, not just noted
- Anything ambiguous queried the same week, while the teacher remembers
- Weight of this test noted - a big one is worth more attention than a big score
- Running total updated so you know where you stand
- Pattern looked at - the same TYPE of mistake twice is the useful signal
The mistakes matter more than the score
The percentage tells you where you stand. The questions you got wrong tell you what to do next, and they are the only part of a returned test with any value left in it. Going through them properly once is worth more than re-reading the chapter twice.
Weight beats score
A poor mark on something worth five percent of the course is worth roughly five percent of your worry. Write the weight in the last column every time - it is the difference between knowing you are fine and assuming you are not.