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Chapter 8
Statistical Reports
Honor Rolls
PERIOD or SEMESTER column. For all other columns, regardless of this setting,
weights will be used but will not be pro-rated. The following describes how pro-rating
works:
If your honor roll is based on a PERIOD column grade, pro-rating your weight will do
the following:
• The weight for full year courses will be divided by the number of marking periods.
In other words, if you have four marking periods, the weight of a full year course will
be divided by four.
• The weight for semester courses will be divided by half of the number of marking
periods. In other words, if you have four marking periods, the weight of a semester
course will be divided by two, assuming that there are two marking periods per
semester. If you have six marking periods, the weight of a semester course will be
divided by three, assuming that there are three marking periods per semester. If these
assumptions are not correct, pro-rating will not work for you.
• The weight for quarter courses will not be affected.
If your honor roll is for a SEMESTER column, pro-rating your weight will do the
following:
• The weight for full year courses will be divided by the number of semesters, with two
for a minimum. For example, if you have two semesters, the weight of a full year
course will be divided by two. If you have only one column designated as a
SEMESTER column because your 2nd semester grade is designated as a Final grade,
the minimum of two semesters will be used. In other words, calculating an honor roll
based on your semester column will cause the weights of full year courses to be
divided by two.
• The weights for semester and quarter courses will not be affected.
Why Pro-Rate Weights
If your weight is based solely on how many quarters a course meets, pro-rating your
weight will give you the exact same results as not using the weight. For example, assume
that you have four marking periods and are calculating the honor roll based on a
PERIOD column grade. A student has the following three courses:
COURSE QTR PERIODS/WEEK WT PRO-RATED WEIGHT
100 1st 5 .25 .25
200 1 & 2 5 .50 .50
300 ALL 5 1.00 .25
By using your weight pro-rated, course #100, being a quarter course, will not have its
weight changed. Its pro-rated weight will still be .25.
Course #200, being a semester course, will have its weight divided by half the number
of marking periods, or two. Its pro-rated weight will be .25.
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