Are there any tips/suggestions on how to do grades using Khan Academy?

1. Practice, quiz, and unit grades can be taken directly from student work (see picture 1 below) as assigned through the "Practice" tab available on any mission. 
2. The student data can be downloaded as a CSV file (see pic 2).  
3. If you have students keep their computations in a notebook or class journal, you'll not only have a pencil/paper record of their understanding, but also a great place to help students track their growth! 

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I would give assignments based on what I was teaching and then take a participation grade each chapter. I would make a chart in word and mark off as students mastered an assignment.  

Great question!  Like Carrie, I have typically awarded a completion mark for earning the practiced level for a given practice assignment.  I have also used the quiz scores as formative assessment scores. Michael did a great job showing where you can access this information.  

Hi Amy-

I give assignments on Khan that align with what I am teaching in class.  Students who get a 70% or higher on that assignment are given full credit.  I also require a certain amount of time to be spent on Khan each week (both in-class time and out-of- class time count.)  I have come up with a scoring rubric that gives a student anywhere from 0-10 points depending upon what portion of that 30 minutes they have attained.  This keeps students in the habit of getting on Khan and wprking on mastering their Mission- not just finishing assignments when they are given.  These are a couple of ideas you can use for grading if you are still in the process of learning the Khan platform yourself and are getting yourself familiar with all the skills, quizzes and reports.  Good luck!  I think you will be thrilled with what Khan brings to your classroom!

Hi Amy!

I normally give the grade the student gets on an assignment and quiz. However, they are allowed to do assignments as many times as need (practice) to master the skill. I take the highest grade and note in the gradebook the amount of time and number of attempts taken. The quizzes and tests I only give one chance and that is their grade.Choose whatever works best for you in your classroom! Good luck!

Following up on what Joline Pettit had to say on this topic, I'm curious if there's any way to be alerted as a teacher when one of your students improves upon their score on a given assignment/quiz/test.  I'd like to give my students the opportunity to improve their grade, but I can see it becoming pretty labor-intensive to enter grades from Khan into my school's online grade book and then needing to check every students' score to see whether it's improved from the original after some period of time.  Any insights on improving the efficiency of getting updated Khan grades into online grading systems would be helpful.  Many thanks!

OHQ....this is for jaeger. I did a grading process similar to the way Joline describes. To catch new work AND to print student progress report/reminders, I would to the Class page, click Settings and under Download Student Data, click Download CSV. I would open the CSV in Excel and use filters and macros to look at "most recent activity" to catch any new work within the previous week.