Planning Diagnostics are adaptive assessments that expose students to questions of varying difficulty to estimate their proficiency in specific Learning Pathways. Students are then placed in one of four proficiency levels (Struggling, Beginning, Approaching, and Proficient) for each Pathway assessed. Rather than grade students on accuracy, students receive credit for completing the diagnostic by the due date. Completion is indicated by a score of "100" in the gradebook.
Unit Diagnostics, Quizzes, and Growth Quizzes are scored traditionally based on the percentage of questions answered correctly. While we provide remediation and an infinite number of attempts on each question after completing the assessment, quizzes only count a question as correct if it is answered correctly on the first try.
Practice is graded based on the percentage of assigned topics that your students master in a given assignment. Student mastery scores represent their progress toward a proven understanding of a concept. A score of 88, for example, does not mean that a student has answered 88% of questions correctly; rather, it means that a student is 88% of the way toward achieving mastery in that topic.
Writing assignments, including Quick Writes and Guided Essays, are scored by the teacher! For more information on grading writing assignments, see the following resources:
💡 Quick Write assignments can be graded automatically based on word count, but teachers have the option to override scores.