Grades

I have been looking at exam grades this morning. There are about 30 people on the roster with one exam score missing, either exam 1 or exam 2 -- due to absence, scantron messup or some other reason. That leaves more than 400 others with both exams on the books, and their scores are up in Webcourses.

For this large group, here are some specs:

1. Exam 1 avg. was 72%.
2. Exam 2 avg. was 71%.
3. Both averages are in the normal range I look for. I never give letter grades on individual exams, but if I did, 71% and 72% would be C grades, or C+ if you count + and - letter grades.
4. Looks like maybe eight people have qualified for SSG leader invitations, exam avg. 90% or more... though I have to check a few section 0003 scantrons manually, so it might be that one or two more students qualify in section 0003.
5. About 9 students who took both exams have not gotten up to a passing average (50%). Usually this number is about the same as students at 90% or higher, so this is normal for exam grades.
6. Don't forget, though, that in addition to exams, your CPS and homework scores will combine for a nice chunk of points, 40 points possible, by the end of the semester, which will balance out some low score effects from exams.
7. So stay with it and keep doing your HW and CPS faithfully, and keep that at a high level so that you can get 38 or 39 or 40 of that CPS/HW chunk of points. Those points will come in like the cavalry at the end of the semester. Nice.