Essential part of keeping transcripts easy to understand is by having a GPA or Grade Point Average. The starting point to do so is to know the number of courses that your homeschool student is doing. You can take a look at all the material being taught in the academic year and slot it under different courses such as Math, Science, Physical Education, English Literature, Music, and so on.<\/p>\n
Now assign a certain number of credits per course. For instance Math could be for two credits while Physical Education could be one credit and Music could be half a credit. It will depend on the amount of material that is being studied under each course. Next have a Grade Scale. Ideally it should be mentioned on the transcript so that the person looking at it gets a idea of how the calculations were worked.<\/p>\n
A Grade Scale assigns a grade for the marks scored in each course. For instance A+ grade could be for the range of 90 to 100 marks, A- grade could be for 80 to 89 marks, B+ grade for 70 to 79 marks, B- for 60-69 marks, C+ for 50-59 marks, C- for 40 to 49 marks, D+ for 30 to 39 marks, D- for 20 to 29 marks and E for 19 and below.<\/p>\n
Now assign a numerical scale to the grades. To keep it simple let’s try a 5.0 point scale. Here A grade is 5, B is 4, C is 3, D is 2 and E is 1.\u00a0Once you have assigned the grades for each course, now multiply them with the credits for the course to obtain the grade points.<\/p>\n
For instance if the child has scored and A grade in Math which has 2 credits assigned to it the GPA for Math is 2*5 is 10 grade points.Then Science has 2 credits and the grade scored is B so grade points becomes 2*4 = 8. If PE has one credit and grade obtained is C, grade points are 1*3= 3.<\/p>\n
To calculate the GPA of all three courses we have a total of 5 credits, and number of grade points scored are 10+8+3 = 21. We know the GPA scale is 5.0. That means 21\/5 = 4.2 GPA. You can do this with all the courses that the homeschool student is following all through the academic year and consolidate the GPA at the end of the session.<\/p>\n
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