How about a sample of how your trending algorithms work?
Let's say Shale receives the following marks in the category of “Writes clearly and effectively: content, organization, and style” (let's assume all assignments were assessed expertly and given the same weight);
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5
70 72 75 80 85
Shale’s mean score would be 76.4
It is clear that Shale is improving in the area of content, organization, and style. Standards-based theory would favor giving the more recent scores greater weight. Using the Achieve Temporal Weighting algorithm, Shale's current percentage grade would be…
82.1
This is clearly a more accurate depiction of Shale’s current ability.
The user may instead choose to calculate the grade based upon the mode, median, or most recent score.
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