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Assignments Not Calculating into Final Grade

astabile
New Member

Assignments Not Calculating into Final Grade

Hello, I am having trouble with a specific class and entering assignments. I have the categories and weights set up correctly as far as I can tell however when I enter grades in certain categories, it does not impact the final grade. I will post screenshots of the weights, assignments, and an example of the grade not working. Any idea why the calculations are not working? 

 

Here are the weights:

weights.png

 

Here are two assignments I am trying to enter in:

assignment2.pngassignment1.png

 

 

Here are there grades calculated before (The classwork category is working): 

Gradesbefore.png

 

And here are the grades after I enter assignments into the quizzes and projects categories. The overall grade does not change

 

Gradesafter2.pngGradesafter1.png

 

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks! 

 

8 Replies
CindyM8
Elite

You should review the grade calculation you are using for Q3. Are you weighting the correct categories?


CM

astabile
New Member

Thank you for your reply

 

The first picture in my post is the grading weights for Q3. Is there another place to double check it? I believe it is correct but to be fair I am new to using powerschool

CindyM8
Elite

Ugh I did not notice that. Sorry about that! You may want to check if you are using the drop low scores option which you can see via the Drop Low Scores tab on the calculation setup.


CM

carolkennard
Specialist

Try to recalculate final gradesScreen Shot 2023-02-13 at 10.07.23 AM.png

astabile
New Member

Thank you for the reply! I tried that and no luck unfortunately

KritiS
Community Support Expert
Community Support Expert

Hi @astabile 

 

In order to protect your privacy and avoid sharing of any Personal Identifiable Information (PII) data in the Community, we recommend reaching out to the Technical Support Contacts of your district who should be able to connect with the PowerSchool SIS Support Team on your behalf. The Support Team would be able to take a closer look at the assignments and help rectify the reason for this issue along with the troubleshooting steps.



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GJoinerConn
PowerSchool Champion
PowerSchool Champion

You need to have at least one assignment in EVERY category. Unless they are not shown in the screenshot you only have two categories utilized. Try entering a score in the other missing three as well.

Greg L. Joiner
EASTCONN
Technology Specialist
Office: 860 455 1578
gjoiner@eastconn.org
JeffG9
PowerSchool Champion
PowerSchool Champion

You do not need an assignment in every category for PT Pro to calculate a grade. If you have unused categories, PT Pro will redistribute the percentage weight from the unused categor(ies)y to the remaining categories, using the weight of the categories in use.

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