(3300-T) Grading Procedures
- Grading Scale:
- Progress Reports:
- An interim report typically goes home once a quarter.
- At the beginning of the school year, it is important that each teacher sets up his/her grade book in the SIS right away. Training will be provided regarding initial set-up of the grade book. Lower School teacher grade book setups must be approved by dean of students and/or principal. The principal and dean of students have viewing access to all teachers’ grade books.
- Teachers should contact parents of students who have D’s or F’s (or “Needs Improvement” in the early elementary grades) after each progress report.
- Thoughtful, specific, appropriate comments are encouraged for all students, and required for all students who have D’s or F’s (or “Needs Improvement” in the early elementary grades).
- Report Cards:
- Report cards are mailed home at the end of each quarter.
- Teachers should contact parents of students who have D’s or F’s (or “Needs Improvement” in the early elementary grades) after each report card.
- Thoughtful, specific, appropriate comments are encouraged for all students, and required for all students who have D’s or F’s (or “Needs Improvement” in the early elementary grades).
- Tests, Quizzes, and Exams:
- Lower School:
- Grades K-2: The content and amount of written work, including tests and quizzes, should depend on the class’s place within the Access Literacy program. Students should not be writing beyond their phonemic awareness. History, science, and literature assessments at these grade levels may be oral, aural, or pictorial. The assessments for orthography and math are prescribed by the Access Literacy and Primary Mathematics programs, respectively.
- Grades 3-6: Teachers should be mindful of their students’ abilities and progress throughout the year, and as they matriculate into Grades 5 and 6, in order to create appropriate assessments. Tests at these grade levels should take the average student 20-35 minutes, depending on the specific grade level. Teachers should not give more than one test per day. A one- or two-page review sheet should be given to the students in advance.
- Lower School students will not have semester exams.
- Proctoring: Teachers are to actively proctor all assessments. Teachers should spread desks out as precautionary measures. Teachers must go over directions and answer questions before the test begins. Teachers must circulate frequently around the room and up and down the rows. Students are to raise their hand for tissues or to sharpen pencils.
- Lower School: