What is the difference between Mastery and Grading?
Mastery is the proficiency achieved by the student after going through an entire learning workflow (all the question items regardless of type) of a concept. Mastery can also be determined in a concept during the Initial Diagnostic based on student's performance in a pre-defined set of questions (without going through the entire learning workflow of a concept). If a student's result on all question items is equal to or above the mastery percentage, then the concept is considered mastered. If it is below the mastery percentage, the concept is considered not mastered.
- Mastery calculations are applicable to each concept and executed at the end of the concept learning workflow.
- The mastery calculation for the concept is based on the Weighted Results of all items included in the concept learning workflow.
- Weighted Results take into account each item's Item Type Weight (Pre-Assessment, Self-Check, Post-Assessment, Summative and Pilot) inherited from the Organization or Course settings.
Grade calculation will be the same and based on the mastery calculation of each concept. See below for how the grade is calculated in Concept Level grading and Unit Level grading:
- Concept Level grade: Grade calculation in this case will be the same as the mastery calculation, i.e., 82% mastery = 82% grade (pushed to Canvas).
- Unit Level grade: Grade calculation in this case will be the average of Mastery across all concepts in the unit, i.e., 82%, 80%, 76%, 74% mastery across four concepts = 78% grade for the unit (pushed to Canvas).
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