School-Wide Grading Policy

Expectations:

Grading Scale:   

A 90-100

B 80-89

C 70-79

D 60-69

F Below 60

• Scholars are expected to submit complete and accurate work on time.

• Teachers will utilize a variety of feedback strategies to understand and communicate mastery; to include recorded grades, written/spoken feedback and formative (non-graded) assessments such as exit tickets.

• Teachers will assign a maximum of 3 graded assignments per week (electives every two weeks) with a minimum recommendation of 1-2. Teachers should not hit the maximum every week.

• Teachers will provide a course syllabus to scholars, which will include learning goals, grading practices, including the number of assessments for each quarter.

• Teachers will update Powerschools weekly by Wednesday at 5:00pm

Category Weighting

Departments will establish and utilize common grading categories and weights/percentages  (test, classwork, quiz…) in Powerschool.

Late Work: We will use the apply the following standards in grading of make up work not due to absences:

REPORTING DATES

Quarter 1: 8/29/22-11/3/22

  Interims: 9/19 & 10/11

  Report Card Issued - 11/22

Quarter 2: 11/7/22-1/26/22

  Interims: 12/2 & 1/6  

  Report Card Issued - 2/6

Quarter 3: 1/30/22 - 3/30/22

  Interims: 2/17 & 3/10  

  Report Card Issued - 4/17

Quarter 4: 4/10/23 - 6/9/23

  Interims: 4/28 & 5/19  

  Report Card Issued - Mailed

Meeting deadlines is a vital workplace skill and driven by the development of organization and time management skills, which are areas still under construction for middle school scholars.  In the event a Scholar is unable to meet a deadline, we will accept late work with a penalty and guardian acknowledgement.

There will be three hard turn in dates for late work during a quarter.

• Late work that meets mastery criteria can earn up to a maximum of 80%. Inaccurate or incomplete late work will be graded appropriately from the maximum score of 80%. 

• Incomplete work will be recorded as a zero until it is submitted.

• Late work needs to be clearly identified in PS using the Late Work Icon

Prevention/Intervention System

We will provide the following opportunities for additional learning, assessment of learning and grade recovery to support prevention/intervention efforts

Additional Learning: Scholars not meeting mastery criteria (70% or above) on a summative assessment/project are required to engage in additional learning and feedback provided during class time. All scholars have the opportunity to engage in reteaching opportunities. Additionally, there will be a recovery/enrichment day every three weeks following issuance of interims where scholars have a period to make up missing work or engage in additional learning opportunities. 

Additional Assessment: All scholars who participate in an additional learning opportunity (see above) will have at least one opportunity to be reassessed on the material or resubmit a project for full credit. Points lost for late submission are not recoverable in the reassessment.

Grade-Recovery: scholars who continue to fail a course despite the opportunities above will be referred to the intervention team/counselors to develop an intervention plan.

Extra Credit.

Extra Credit is not offered ay EGMMS