Good news! I have re-scored the UGA writing papers, and the new grades are in the parent portal. After much thought, I realized that the scoring wasn't fair. What I initially did was to divide the points earned on the paper by the maximum number of points. For example, if a student earned 30 points out of 50, I divided 30 by 50 and the student received a 60%. After talking to some other teachers, I decided to go back to the normal rubric we always use and award points accordingly. So now, the student who scored 30 points, would end up with an 80%. Of course, ideas count double so that has to be taken into consideration. All that to say, everyone's score went up!
We are working hard and I know they will EXCEED come March! Thank you for your support!
