WebToolArcCurrent standing vs course points
A normalized current grade rescales only graded weight. Course points banked keep the original syllabus weights. Both can be useful, but they answer different questions.
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Weighted Grade Calculator
Calculate weighted course grades, separate current standing from banked course points, solve the average needed on remaining work, compare what-if outcomes, and switch to points-based grading when that matches your syllabus.
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Exact weighted planningWeighted Grade & What-If Planning Studio
Match the calculation model to your syllabus, separate current standing from course points already banked, and solve the remaining-work average needed to reach a target.
Weighted categories
| Category / item | Score % | Weight % | Status |
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Paste rows
—Current normalized grade
—Course points banked
—Graded weight
—Remaining weight
—Average needed
—What-if final grade
—Modeled final range
Contribution audit
| Item | Score | Weight | Course points | Marginal impact |
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Total-points gradebook
| Assignment | Earned | Possible |
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Remaining-work what-if table
| Average on remaining work | Projected final | Letter | Target margin |
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Export & repeat use
Remaining-work target
The target solver asks what average is needed across all remaining syllabus weight. A result above the modeled maximum is mathematically unreachable under those assumptions.
Points and weights are different models
A total-points course sums earned and possible points. A weighted-category course multiplies category grades by syllabus weights. Choose the model your course actually uses.
Use the same grading model as the syllabus
A weighted grade and a total-points grade can produce different answers from the same assignment percentages. If your syllabus assigns homework 20%, exams 50%, projects 30%, use weighted categories. If every point goes into one common pool, use total points.
Current normalized grade is not the same as final course points
When only part of the course has been graded, many gradebooks rescale the graded categories to show a current standing. The studio also shows the weighted course points already banked so you can see how much of the final grade is actually determined.
Plan the whole remaining weight
The target solver does not assume the remaining work is a single final exam. It solves for the average required across all remaining syllabus weight. The what-if table then shows where a range of realistic remaining averages would leave the final course grade.
Check reachability before setting a target
If the required remaining average is above the maximum score you allow in the model, the target is not reachable under those assumptions. If it is below zero, the target is already mathematically secured even with zero on the remaining work.
School policies still control the official answer
Dropped assignments, replacement exams, grading curves, extra credit, late penalties, category-internal rules and rounding differ across courses. This calculator does not guess those policies. Enter the structure that matches your syllabus and use the official gradebook as the final authority.