This document summarizes the results of a study on implementing a 50-point grading system in various courses and classrooms. It found that students in 50-point classrooms had lower failure rates in most courses compared to traditional 100-point scales. Behavior referrals were also lower in 50-point classrooms versus school-wide. The study aims to expand the 50-point system school-wide and rethink assessment practices, as the number of assessments given varied greatly between teachers of the same course.

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3. Hello.

4. Student
Population

5. Hispanic
White
Multiracial
Black
Asian
43.5%
38.2%
8.1%
6.3%
3.5%

6. School
Grade
05-06|C
06-07|C
07-08|D
08-09|D
09-10|A *
* Grade was calculated on the new FLDOE formula.

7. Purpose.

8. Motivation.
Inconsistency.

10. Questions I asked.

11. Is the current system working
for students?

12. Status quo…

13. Outdated.

14. Literature.

20. Methods.

21. A B C D F
50the new
ZERO.

22. Calculate.

24. Voluntary Basis [25 Educators]
Part of the RtI Academic Intervention
Control Group vs. Experimental Group
Quantitative vs. Qualitative

25. Multiple data points were pulled:
past student performance,
socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity,
behavior, and history of motivation.

26. Data.

27. Courses 50 Point Non 50 Point
Leadership 3.4% 0%
English 1 0% 30.4%
English 4 0% 37.1%
Economics 0% 7.3%
Economics Honors 0% 0%
Algebra 1 6.4% 4.6% *
Algebra 1 Honors 0% 16%
Intensive Math 4.1% 13.9%
50 Point Classrooms
Experimental Group vs. Control Group
* Results are from the Algebra I “I Can Learn” Lab.

28. Courses 50 Point Non 50 Point
French 1 8% N/A
French 2 13.5% N/A
AP World History 1.3% N/A
AP Psychology 4.1% N/A
50 Point Classrooms
Experimentals with no comparative groups.

29. School Wide 5.8%
50 Point Classrooms 1.3%
50 Point Classrooms
Behavior Comparisons (Total Percentage of Referrals)

30. I think that the 50 Point Project is
only successful if the teacher
changes their mindset.

31. 50 Point will assist in keeping “at
risk” students motivated and
looking at the bigger picture of
passing and even perhaps excelling
in a classroom environment.

32. Seeing that it was still possible to
salvage their grade, they continue to
work hard.

33. It is hard for me to award a 50 to
the student who has done NO
work at all.

34. This system has allowed me to
redefine what an “A” is… what
quality work really is.

35. Action.

36. 3 Point
Plan
Expand Recruitment
Phase II:
Rethink Assessment
School-Wide Initiative
2011-12

37. 50 Point
Phase II
“Rethink Assessment”
# of marks in a given
grading term…
Example:
Class 01: 68 marks
Class 02: 32 marks
* Same class, same level, different teacher

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