| Purpose
The Board of Education recognizes that a system of grading
student achievement can help the student, teachers, and parents to
better assess the student’s progress toward meeting educational
goals and standards.
Definition
- Grading shall be a formative and summative data-based system of
measuring and recording student progress. It enables the student,
parents and staff to, at the least:
| a. |
Continually determine student progress on standards
and planned course objectives. |
| b. |
Help identify the student’s strengths and weaknesses. |
| c. |
Better plan a student’s educational program. |
| d. |
Identify where additional support is warranted. |
Responsibility
- The Board of Education further directs that the Superintendent
or designee, in cooperation with appropriate administrators and
teachers, to develop an instructional program which includes a method
of grading for all pupils which is consistent with the educational
goals of the district, and policies 107 and 111. These policies
require that the assessment of student progress is ongoing. The
grading method should at least:
| a. |
assures that each student knows what end result
and achievements are expected at the outset of any course
of study |
| b. |
keeps each student informed of his or her progress during
the course of a unit of study |
| c. |
keep each student informed of his or her progress on the
Pennsylvania Academic Standards |
| d. |
use methods of grading appropriate to the course of study
and maturity of students |
| e. |
objectively evaluate and reward students for their efforts |
| f |
encourages students to evaluate their own achievements |
| g |
be subject to continual review and revision. |
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