Teachers often ask how to use follow-up exams as part of the exam grade. Since grading policies vary by campus, we have included some suggestions from GMM teachers.
Suggestion #1: Use points from both exams for the final exam grade.
Students have completed corrections and correctly answered follow-up problems. Students are demonstrating growth so teachers award the points for both the exam and the follow-up exam.
In the image below, Casey answered 8 of 10 problems correctly on the exam. He completed corrections. On the follow-up exam, he correctly answered two problems similar to the problems she missed on the original exam. Casey's final exam grade is 100%.
Suggestion #2: Give the student 1/2 points for follow-up problems answered correctly.
For each correctly answered follow-up problem, the student receives 1/2 of the points lost on the original exam.
In the image below, Casey scored 8/10 on the original exam. On the follow-up, he correctly answered two problems similar to the two problems she missed. His teacher records 9/10 on the final grade for the exam.
Suggestion #3: Average the original exam and the follow-up exam.
In the image below, Casey earned 80% on the exam and 100% on the follow-up. Averaging the two scores, Casey's final exam grade is 90%.
