Score calculations in Mastering

A student's score on an assignment is the weighted average of all the item scores in the assignment.

• Only items for credit are counted in the student's average.
• For a pooled assignment, only the items that are given to the student are counted.
  More about pooled assignments

  In a pooled assignment, each student is given a random subset of items from each pool in the assignment. See Pooled assignments: Create question pools.

• Item scores are weighted if items are worth different numbers of points.

Scores for Offline Activities and for questions in the following reserved categories are calculated differently:

Mastering calculates a student's total score based on two factors:

• How many points each assignment is worth (computed by summing the number of points each item in the assignment is worth)
• The weighting scheme applied to assignment categories and individual assignments in the course

Both Mastering and your settings determine how you and students see student scores.

• Until the assignment due date passes, partially completed assignments may not be reflected in the student's total and are not counted when calculating course statistics.
• You can choose whether student grades appear as points or percentages in your view of the Gradebook. Students always see their scores as percentages on their Scores page.
• Students' grades may not be equal to the average of their assignment scores because scores are averaged to approximately 9 significant figures, but are rounded for display.
• You can choose whether students can see their overall weighted grades by setting the value of Allow students to see their total score on the Course Settings page.