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Grading

One area where Equip Education is similar to traditional secondary education is in the area of grading. Student assignments are regularly graded and weighted in order to arrive at a final grade point average for the class. All student grades are maintained via the SnapGrades gradebook which is found online at www.snapgrades.com and to which each student and parent is given a login. The system allows students and parents to set convenient email notification preferences. The system also allows the printing of a final report card covering all classes.

The Equip Education grading scale is similar to many others:

 

Final Numerical Score Final Grade Quality Points Earned
97-100 A+ 4.00
93-96 A 4.00
90-92 A- 3.67
86-89 B+ 3.33
83-85 B 3.00
80-82 B- 2.67
76-79 C+ 2.33
73-75 C 2.00
70-72 C- 1.67
66-69 D+ 1.33
60-65 D 1.00
0-59 F 0.00

The Final Numerical Score for each class is typically composed of four elements: participation scores, homework scores, other assignment scores, and exam scores. These elements may be weighted differently from class to class. The weight of each element can be found on the class syllabus which is distributed at the beginning of the year.