Why does my child's grade fluctuate from day to day/week to week?

Reasons may vary...

• Early in the grading period, there may be fewer graded assignments, and so occasional high or low grades will have a greater influence on the cumulative grade/score.
• Teachers may have weighted some assignments more than others – so certain assignments may count more heavily towards a cumulative grade.
• Teachers may allow students to redo an assignment in certain circumstances. Assignment scores and cumulative grades may increase as a result. Or it might just be that updates, changes, or corrections are being made to the grade book.