| Drop Low Scores |
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The "Drop" button on the , , or page finds and drops the lowest score(s) for each student within a Category — e.g., drop the lowest test score, or drop the 3 lowest homework scores. The original scores are still shown on reports; they are just marked as dropped and not calculated into the grade. Notes: • This feature is not available if you are using Rubrics. Also you must be using Categories (weighted or unweighted). • Scores are dropped only when you tell it to. As you add more assignments, you may want to re-drop scores — this re-evaluates which scores are lowest, so a previously dropped score may be undropped if other scores are lower. • To un-drop a score, just drop fewer scores. For example, if 2 scores are dropped, tell it to Drop 1 or Undrop all. • If you want a student to have fewer dropped scores than the rest of the class — e.g., if the class gets to drop 2 test scores, but one student is added to your class late in the term so they get to drop only 1 test score — you have two options: A) Drop 2 scores for the whole class, then drop just 1 score for the selected student, or B) Give the student a zero on an assignment that would otherwise be excused, so it will be one of the dropped scores, and one of their actual assignments would be the other. • If assignments have different weights, it drops the one(s) that hurt the grade the most. This is usually the one with the lowest percent, like 0/10 = 0%, but sometimes it is the one with more weight, like 30/50 = 60%. (e.g., If a student already has 90/100 points, adding 30/50 = 120/150 = 80%, which is lower than adding 0/10 = 90/110 = 82%.) • A score is not dropped if that would result in a lower grade. This is rare, but it can happen under certain conditions, such as when a student's lowest homework score is higher than their total grade. This would occur only if you use Weighted Categories.
• Scores are dropped from only the current grading period, e.g., it will drop the lowest scores in your 2nd quarter gradebook. |
