Add new CEDS elements for Course Credit Weight and GPA Added Value for a course

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Author(s) Amy Powell Moman

Authoring Organization(s) North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI)

Email address [email protected]

Use Case Title Add new CEDS elements for Course Credit Weight and GPA Added Value for a course

Target Date Needed ASAP

Use Case Description NCDPI collects information pertaining to the actual weights and added value courses carry in a student’s GPA and grading. In addition to storing if a course is weighted in the GPA, North Carolina has a need to store the actual Course Credit Weight, as well as the GPA Added Value. This use case is to ask the greater CEDS community if there is a need outside of NC to add these elements to CEDS.

Use Case Background NCDPI collects information pertaining to the actual weights and added value courses carry in a student’s GPA and grading. In addition to storing if a course is weighted in the GPA, North Carolina has a need to store the actual Course Credit Weight, as well as the GPA Added Value. This use case is to ask the greater CEDS community if there is a need outside of NC to add these elements to CEDS.

• Course Credit Weight is defined as the amount of weight this course carries in a weighted GPA. • GPA Added Value is defined as the number to be added to GPA for a course. Usually for AP courses there is a bump to the GPA, such as 0.125.

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