Hello, I am a parent and I help our daughter keep up with her grade based on the category weightings in PowerSchool. Her school calculates major assignments at 40%, minor at 40% and content at 20%. When I copy the graded assignments from powerschool and multiply them by the weighting based on the category, I get a different grade. I have noticed powerschool has a footnote on final grades that indicates
“This grade may include assignments that are not yet published or that are the result of a special weighting.” I asked the teacher what that might be and she said there is no special weighting, etc. and she did not know why the calculation I have is different than what is in powerschool. It is pretty basic math: grade times each weight). get the average for each category. Total the categories.
1 - what am I doing wrong OR
2 - what should I be asking about that could be affecting the grade
As a parent, I feel that a student should be able to calculate and keep up with their grade.
Thank you
