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Grading categories

Last edited 93 days ago by Prerna Singh.

Grading categories help organize the different types of assessments your school uses - such as Homework, Quizzes, or Projects. They allow you to group similar tasks and control how much each group contributes to a student’s final score.

Grading categories are defined at the school level to ensure consistency across subjects/courses, grade levels, and reporting periods. Once created, they can be reused across all subjects/courses during score-based grading setup.

You can add, edit, or remove categories at any time. However, once a category is used in a subject/course, it cannot be deleted.

What is score-based grading, and how do grading categories help?

Score-based grading is a method of evaluating student performance using numerical or letter grades, like 85/100 or B+. These scores are then used to calculate a student’s final grade for each reporting period (e.g., Term 1, Semester 2).

Grading categories add structure to this process by allowing you to:

Group assignments by type (e.g., Homework, Tests, Projects).

Decide whether all categories contribute equally or with different weights.

Optionally calculate a grade at the category level, not just a score.

Schools can choose to:

Disable category scores, where all assignments contribute directly to the final score, or

Enable category scores, where assignments first roll up into category scores, which then contribute to the final grade.

Category-level grades (optional)

You can also choose to calculate a grade at the category level, in addition to category scores.

Admins can link a regular grade scale (such as A–F or 1–7) to a category.

The category score is then converted into a grade using that scale.

If needed, grade scale cutoffs can be customized per category without affecting the original school-level scale.

This allows category performance to be reflected as both a score and a grade in gradebooks and reports.

Example: Suppose a student receives the following scores in each category:

Homework: 80%

Quizzes: 70%

Projects: 90%

If the categories are weighted as Homework = 20%, Quizzes = 30%, and Projects = 50%, the final score is calculated as:

(80 × 0.20) + (70 × 0.30) + (90 × 0.50) = 16 + 21 + 45 = 82

So, the student’s final score for the reporting period would be 82%, with Projects contributing the most to the outcome.

If category grades are enabled, each category score (e.g., 80% in Homework) can also be converted into a grade (such as B) using its linked grade scale.

What can I do on this page?

Create and manage grading categories at the school level.

Edit existing category names.

Delete categories that are not yet in use.

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