Grading Policy

Grading Policy Categories

The school's grading policy centers on two main areas: formative assessment and summative assessment.

Formative Assessment • 60% of Grade

This type of assessment includes do nows, exit tickets, in-class assignments, homework, and other items used to monitor progress of daily learning targets.

Summative Assessment • 40% of Grade

This type of assessment includes tests, quizzes, projects, and other items that measure the culmination of a unit or other set of work.

Grade Entry

In-Class Grades

• Passing grades are from 65 to 100.

• Failing quality work is graded 55 to 64.  This type of grade is where work was submitted, but does not meet passing quality.

• Assignments not turned in are graded 50.

Report Card & Transcript Grades

Report card and transcript grades depend on the type of course.

Credit-bearing Courses

• Passing grades are 65, 70, 75, 80, or 85 through 100.

• Failing due to poor quality of work is entered as a 55.

• Failing due to turning in little to no assignments is entered as 50.

• Failing due to not showing to class is entered as 45 or NS.

Academic Enrichment, Regents Prep, Community Service, College Guidance, and other non-credit-bearing courses

• These courses are all graded Pass (P) Fail (F) only.

Weighted Courses

Advanced Placement and college credit courses are weighted 1.1. 

Under this model, grades are averaged by a factor of 1.1.  If you earned a 90 on a course, it is averaged as 90 * 1.1 = 99.  These courses are denoted by two stars on transcripts.