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Grading and Reporting
The purpose of North Platte School District’s grading and reporting is to ensure achievement grades are consistent, accurate, meaningful, and supportive/timely for all students. These procedures and practices will be articulated to all stakeholders as framework for the implementation of the District’s grading philosophy, which is consistent with educational best practices and all other aspects of the district’s teaching and learning practices. Consistent and effective use of these grading practices is directly dependent on the quality of formative and summative assessments teachers use on a regular basis to measure learning. In addition, these practices do provide some flexibility because effective grading practices must be implemented by teachers based on both a body of evidence and professional determination grounded in the best outcome for students.
Consistent The same student work, completed in two different classrooms, should receive the same grade
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Accurate Grades are based solely on achievement, which means other factors like attendance, behavior, attitude, timeliness, compliance are not used to calculate an academic grade. Meaningful Grading practices should be so clear that students should be able to tell teachers and/ or parents what grade they have received, even before the teacher calculates it. Supportive/
Timely
Feedback to students is supportive & timely so that students can actually use that feedback immediately to improve their performance on tests, projects, and assignments.
Guiding Practice 1:
Grades will reflect achievement of the District’s course/grade level standards, concepts, and indicators.(what students know and are able to do).
Guiding Practice 2:
Grades will reflect agreed upon performance standards.
Guiding Practice 3:
Educators will report grades based solely on achievement (what students know and are able to do) of course/ grade level standards.
Guiding Practice 4:
Educators will provide students multiple opportunities to demonstrate proficiency with assessments FOR learning (formative) and assessments OF learning (summative).
Guiding Practice 5:
Grading practices will support student motivation to learn.
Guiding Practice 6:
Families are a partner in the education of their student and should be communicated with on an ongoing basis.
*The IEP or 504 team will identify any specific accommodations in grading and reporting that apply to the child. Students on alternative assessment do not have to take common formative and common summative assessments. The North Platte Public School District utilizes a 0-4 scoring system to calculate grades in both the formative category and the summative category. Percentages, if used, are converted to the 0-4 point grade calculation and recorded appropriately in the gradebook. For example, if a student scores an 87% on a formative or summative assessment, a 3.5 would be recorded in Infinite Campus Gradebook. 0-4 rubric grading is also supported by this scale. This conversion is then calculated to a proficiency level in elementary and a grade point average and letter grade in secondary.
Letter %-Percentage Point GPA Proficiency Levels
D 60-64% 1 1.0-1.49 Beginning
F 50-59% 0 0.0-.99 Beginning
