Since the administration is rescinding the standards-based grading initiative, a number of teachers may want to make adjustments to their previously announced practice. Finally, as consistent with past practice, administrators will support teachers’ grading practices when specific issues involving assessments and grading arise. We never considered using a 4-point scale to calculate the total grade, nor do we have any intention of doing so. To be clear, all report cards would have remained the same, with grades based upon percentages. The whole grade for the term, however, will be calculated in percentages and reported as a letter grade on report cards and transcripts, as was always the plan. Teachers continue to use various scales to grade individual assignments. Teachers count homework and classwork as part of the overall grade. Of the teachers who do provide retakes, there are variances in how many retakes a student can have and whether the retakes are for an A or for a B. Some teachers and teacher teams provide opportunities for retakes others do not. Some teachers and teacher teams use a 50-100 point grading scale, as some have done in the past others use a 0-100 point grading scale. Teachers will grade students as they have done in the past: We instead will revert back to our long standing practice supported by School Committee policy, where secondary teachers, in consultation with their grade level/subject teams and their departments and taking into consideration students’ grade level and subject matter, determine their own grading practices. The following letter was sent to families in grades 4-12 on Friday, October 7th via email and Infinite Campus.Īfter continued feedback from stakeholders and frank discussions with faculty, administrators, and members of the School Committee, we have made the decision to put the whole standards-based grading practice initiative on hold for at least the remainder of the 2022-2023 school year. Weston Education Enrichment Fund Committee (WEEFC).District Curriculum Accommodation Plan (DCAP).Bullying Prevention and Intervention Plan.
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