I was more than happy to grade anything my mentor teacter handed to me. I was lucky enough to grade the Unit 3 Test for both the CP and honors class that had just taken that morning, which totaled to over 60 exams. My mentor teacher explained that he prefers grading each specific page for the whole class, and then moving onto the next page for the whole class i.e. grading page one for the whole class and then moving to page two for the whole class. The test had a total of 21 questions. Questions 1 through 20 were multiple choice, and question #21 was an essay question where students had to draw and label a graph and explain their reasoning and results. I specifically graded questions 1-20, and my mentor teacher graded the last question as it was more extensive and had multiple aspects for students to answer. My mentor teacher encouraged at the beginning of the test for students to draw any charts, graphs, or complete any math on the test that may help them towards finding the correct answer. He also advised students to put their answers on the line provided to the left of the question, so it would be easier for grading. There were two types of tests "ID: A" and "ID: B," which had the same exact questions but were rearranged and formatted differently; this was designed to discourage and prevent cheating. One aspect I did notice while grading the test was that a remarkably high amount of students had gotten #19 incorrect, which I noted to my mentor teacher. After looking over the question and potential options for multiple choice my mentor teacher had realized that he had mistakenly put the wrong letter for the answer guide. Overall, the average for the honors class was an 80.49% while the CP average grade was 56.11%. 

      I was eager to be given the opportunity and responsibility to grade something for my mentor teacher, and I was even more eager to be grading something so important as a summative assessment. I had never officially graded a unit test until now, which may sound like an unimportant detail, but I was eager to step up to the opportunity to help my mentor teacher and see how the students did overall. It was probably more exciting than it should have been but I was curious to see which aspects the students understood, which aspects the students were challenged with, and if any of the CP class had utilized their time to attempt the extra credit. I noticed which questions must have been more challenging, and even more remarkably I noticed that there was an error with the answer guide for one of the questions. Personally, it was exciting and heartwarming to see those students who were originally struggling with the new classroom layout and were behind with the lessons excel and progress so far. This test was certainly more challenging to the students than the previous unit test, as both class averages were lower than the lest unit exam (Unit 2). However, the silver lining is the students have already taken the next unit exam (Unit 4) and have already improved their overall grades.