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Note that the main purpose of these quizzes and tests are to see if the student has learned the material. No letter or numerical grade needs to be given unless you choose to assign one. These are simply suggestions for those wanting to assign grades.

The purpose of worksheets is to help students learn; assigning a grade there is entirely optional.

Feel free to give different weight to different problems than the suggestions here, especially if you are adapting the program. The bonus questions especially can be given more or less points at your discretion.

A few other things to keep in mind:

• There are some General Grading Notes on page 361 of the Teacher Guide (at the very front of the Answer Key). Please see them for some general guidelines.
• Partial credit can be given for a problem as appropriate. (See the General Grading Notes.)
• If students get a low grade on a quiz, consider reviewing that chapter further. Math is cumulative, so if they did not understand the concepts, they may struggle with future concepts as well.
• The suggested points here give a total of 100 points (not including bonus questions) for each Quiz/Test. These can then translate to A, B, C, D, and F depending on your grading policy. One simple method is that if a student earns 90-100 points, they would get an A; 80-89 a B; 70-79 a C; 60-69 a D; and less than that an F. You could also choose to give A+, A-, etc.; see the grading chart here.
• The word “problem” in this guide refers to an individual problem. For example, if there’s a 5a and a 5b, each of them would be considered a separate problem.

Overall Score

Add up all the quiz grades and divide that total by 20 (the total number of quizzes) to find the average of all the quizzes. Add up all the test grades and divide that total by 4 (the total number of tests) to find the average of all the tests. Assign up to 20 points for exercise completion (deduct points from the 20 if students did not put forth a good effort on the worksheets).

final grade = exercise points + 0.2 • average of all the quizzes + 0.3 • average of all the tests (tests 1-4) + 0.3 • final exam grade

Example: If a student gets an average of 85 on all the quizzes, an average of 90 on tests 1-4, gets 19 points for worksheet completion, and 98 on the final exam, here is how their final grade could be calculated:

final grade = 19 + 0.2 • 85 + 0.3 • 90 + 0.3 • 98 = 92.4

Worksheets

There’s no need to grade every worksheet; just correct (or have student correct) their work and try to learn from mistakes. Students who complete all the worksheet problems assigned and put forth their best effort can get 20 points for doing so, even if they had errors along the way. However, if you noticed students consistently being careless or not putting forth their best effort, deduct points at your discretion.

Quiz 1

Each problem is worth 5 points.

Quiz 2

Problem 4 is worth 10 points; all other problems are worth 9 points.

Quiz 3

Problem 2 is worth 16 points (4 points for the unit of measure and 12 for the rest; up to 6 points partial credit may be awarded for setting up the problem correctly). All other problems are worth 14 points.

Quiz 4

All problems are worth 10 points. The bonus question is worth 5 points.

Quiz 5

All problems except problem 2 are worth 11 points. Problem 2 is worth 12 points (9 for solving for w, and 3 for remembering to swap the sides so the w is on the left).

Quiz 6

Problems in sections 1 and 3 are worth 13 points; problems in section 2 are worth 12 points. The bonus question is worth 5 points.

Quiz 7

All problems except for problem 9 (which is problem 5 in the online version and in future printed versions) are worth 11 points. Problem 9 (which is problem 5 in the online version and in future printed versions) is worth 12 points.

Quiz 8

All problems except for problem 1 are worth 14 points. Problem 1 is worth 16 points (8 for writing down the situation correctly using parentheses, and 8 for solving it correctly).

Quiz 9

Problems in sections 1 and 3 are worth 9 points each, those in section 2 are worth 7 points each, and those in section 4 are worth 8 points each.

Quiz 10

In general, give a 90 or above if the analysis shows thorough understanding of how to interpret statistics (see the questions on the quiz—students should have answered several of them or similar type of questions in their analysis, demonstrating that they understand how to interpret and question information presented in a graph); give in the 80s if only decent knowledge is shown; 70s would be for passing knowledge only; below 70 would be for someone who did not demonstrate understanding of the concepts. You can also choose to give points for how well the analysis is written, although the main point of the analysis is to see if students know how to understand and discern through statistics they encounter. Here is a typical rubric for paper grading that can help you analyze the writing itself: https://www.stetson.edu/other/writing-program/media/rubrictermpaper.pdf

Quiz 11

Problems in sections 1 and 3 are worth 12 points each, while those in section 2 are worth 13 points each. The bonus question is worth 5 points.

Quiz 12

Each problem is worth 10 points. On the online test, 3a is broken down into more problems (3c and 3d are really part of it), making the 3a on the online quiz worth 4 points, 3c worth 3 points, and 3d worth 3 points, for a total of 10 points combined.)=

Quiz 13

Problems in sections 1, 3, and 4 are worth 8 points each, those in section 2 are worth 7 points each, and problem 5 is worth 9 points (partial credit can be given for solving the math correctly even if the graph was not done correctly). The bonus question is worth 5 points.

Quiz 14

Each problem except for 1c is worth 11 points; 1c is worth 12 points. The bonus question is worth 5 points.

Quiz 15

Each problem is worth 9 points, except for 2b, which is worth 10 points. The bonus question is worth 5 points.

Quiz 16

Each problem is worth 10 points (online, problems 1 and 2 have a part 1 and part 2, each worth 5 points). On problems 2a-4, partial credit can be given for correctly setting up the problem. The bonus question is worth 5 points.

Quiz 17

Each problem except problem 4 is worth 10 points; problem 4 is worth 20 points (10 points for correctly setting up the problem, and 10 points for doing the math correctly; online, problem 4 is broken into two problems, each worth 10 points).

Quiz 18

Each problem except 3b is worth 11 points. Problem 3b is worth 12 points (6 for identifying if the sequence had a common difference/ratio/neither correctly, and 6 for listing the correct ratio).

Quiz 19

Each problem in sections 1 is worth 12 points; each problem in sections 2 and 3 is worth 13 points. The bonus question is worth 5 points.

Test 1

Problems in section 1 are worth 5 points each, those in section 2 are worth 7 points each, and those in section 3 are worth 8 points each.

Test 2

Each problem in section 1 is worth 8 points (4 points for correctly setting up the problem, and 4 points for doing the math correctly); each problem in section 2 and 3 is worth 4 points.

Test 3

Problems in sections 1-4 are worth 5 points each, those in section 5 are worth 7 points each, those in section 6 are worth 6 points, and problem 7 is worth 5 points.

Test 4

Problems in sections 3 and 5 are worth 5 points each (3 for correctly setting up the problem and 2 for doing the math correctly); 5a and 5b are worth 6 points each. All other problems are worth 4 points.

Test 5

The end-of-the-year project is worth 40% of the grade (so 40 points total). A perfect project would get all 40 points; points should be deducted from there for math errors or incompleteness of the project. All problems on the test are worth 2 points, with the exception of problem 3a, which is worth 4 points (partial credit can be given).