For my PE classes I do a daily participation grade. Each class gets 10 points every class. If the students are dressed, participate, have good sportsmanship, and behavior they get 10 points. If not, one point is taken away for each action. I also grade them on skills and fitness variables. It helps keeps the students accountable for their actions in class. I hope this helps!

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We mostly use pedometers for grading: Here is a breakdown of how it works

NBE not best effort 1- 500 steps short on pedometer 8/10
PEF partial effort 501-1000 steps short 7/10
MEF minimal effort 1001-+ steps short 6/10

Behavioral program we use called "Make Your Day"
S1 step one (timeout) 80%
S2 step two 70%
NWU Walking warm-up 8/10
NEF no effort 5/10
LON loaned clothes 8/10%
PAR partial suit (no pe clothes but still participate 5/10
OPT opting out 0%
AB absence 0%
T tardy 80%
INC incomplete 0%

This is a topic that a lot of physical education programs are dealing with. At the HS I work at we are in the process of changing out grading rubric. Right now we take 10 points off for each unprepared. Then on top of that the students will get a score of 0, -1 or -2 depending on their participation, behavior and effort. We are starting to think about the 2nd half of this grading rubric, because it is not consistent throughout the department.

Each day students come to class they bring a sportfolio. The first page of the sportfolio is a Grade Rubric. All the expectation for the class are listed including, effort, participation, preparation, conduct, etc... Each class the student abides by all the expectations the teacher circles the star at the bottom of the column on their way into the locker room. Otherwise the teacher will mark the area that needs to be improves. If you receive 0 marks for the marking period= A, 1 mark for the marking period you get a B, 2 marks a C, 3 marks D, 4 = F

We also use a 5 point system. You get a one for being present. A one for changing. A one for getting out of the locker room on time. 4 and 5 are based of effort and participation. If you are not present you get a zero for the day. If it is a legal excuse you have the opportunity to make up the class by doing one of our web based assignments and worksheets which are found on the schools website. If you dont make up the assignment you get a zero for the class. It is the studnets responsiblilty to make up any work missed. The system seems to work and is fairly simple to use...we use e school plus for attendance and grading which once you set up keeps track for you and allows parents to view their childs grades from home.

We created a grading rubric that consists of five categories; preparation, participation, written assessments, skill assessments, and social & safety responsibility. From there, our department had decided to weigh each category differently. For example, we thought that it was more important to place more emphasis on participating and less on skill testing. Within each category, we also have a list of criteria that needs to be met on a regular basis in order to achieve the maximum amount of points in each category. The bottom line is that we wanted to create a grading rubric that was subjective as opposed to objective. We are always looking to improve our grading system, but thus far administrators, parents and students have a clear understanding of our grading rubric. If you would like a copy of it, send me an email and I will be more than happy to share it with you. I hope this helps.