GRADING SYSTEMS IHA

The board believes that the issuance of grades serves to promote continuous evaluation of student performance, to inform the student and parents of his progress, and to provide a basis for bringing about change in student performance.

The basic grading system for Kindergarten is a skills checklist.

The basic grading system for Grade 1 is:

E - Excellent

S - Satisfactory

N - Needs Improvement

U - Unsatisfactory

The grading system for Grade 2 is the same as Grades 3-12 with the exceptions of social studies, science and health, physical education, art, and music, all of which receive the grading system of S (satisfactory) and U (unsatisfactory). In Grades 3-5, S (satisfactory) and U (unsatisfactory) are used for physical education, art, music, and conduct grades.

The basic grading system for subject-area grades for Grades 3 -12 is to be expressed by the letters A, B, C, D, F with corresponding numerical values:

A - 93 - 100

B - 85 - 92

C - 75 - 84

D - 70 - 74

F - Below 70

Conduct grades are based on behavior and will not be deducted from scholastic grades. No grade, or any part of a grade, will be based on a requirement for students to sell any type of product. Grades once recorded on the report card are not to be changed. If an erroneous grade has been recorded, correction must be made on a new card.

The board of education will annually approve Advanced Placement (AP) courses, International Baccalaureate (IB) courses, Honors courses, and National Industry Certification (NIC) courses.

The state Gateway Exam or state end-of-course test will count 15% of the term average in the semester in which the test is given. Courses that have been approved by the board as AP courses will have five points, added to the final semester average. Only AP or IB courses with an end-of-course test qualify for consideration by the board. Courses that have been approved by the board as Honors courses or NIC courses will have three points added to the final semester average. In courses with an AP or IB exam, the Gateway Exam or state end-of-course tests will count 10% of the final term average, and the final class exam will count 5%. If a student is absent on the dates specified by the state and/or locally for administration of the Gateway Exam or end-of-course tests, the student’s final exam will count 20% of the final term average if the absence is due to a medical emergency substantiated by a doctor’s statement. If a student is absent on the dates specified by the state and/or locally for administration of the Gateway Exam or end-of course test for any other reason except a medical emergency substantiated by a doctor’s statement or death in the immediate family, the student will receive a zero for the Gateway Exam. The zero score on the Gateway Exam will count 15% of the term average.

High school grades given at the end of each 9-week period will be determined from daily work and oral and written assignments. The teacher will weigh the value of grades given for various assignments within the 9-week period in computing the grade. This procedure will enable the teacher to allow for individual differences in the grading process. High school grades for the term will be determined by averaging the two nine-week averages, plus the term exam (20%), when required.

Elementary and middle school grades for the year will be determined by averaging the 6-weeks grades.

Amended 03/19/97

Amended 12/17/01

Amended 06/20/05