Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: First B It is the end of the marking period, and I just gave my final unit test for the quarter. I passed out progress reports to my students at the end of each period. After school, I had a visit from one of my most engaged students who was crying and very upset. Her current grade is an 89.45%, and she says that she has never before received a "B" in any class. What is my next step? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) A grade does not reach one grade lower overnight. It is an accumulation of many grades over a long period of time. I think that for a student like this, I would want to teacher her how to keep track of her grades. This will allow her to see when there is a gradual decrease and she can check to see what she is needing to improve on to maintain the average that she has set for herself. Self-monitoring is a great tool and she will have a way to track her own progress and identify her own short-comings.