Grading Policy

Weiss High School Grading Protocols for 2019-20

Assessment	Practice
Category Weight   70%	Category Weight 30%

General Guidelines

No single grade can count more than 20% toward the overall average. Due to GPA/Class Rank implications, grading must be consistent across each PLC.  This includes, but is not limited to: the number of “Assessment” and “Practice” grades; make-up, retest or redo timelines; common assessments; etc.

Assignment of Grades – Grade Level

The teacher has the discretion to drop grades as long as minimums above are maintained and is consistent with members of the PLC. 

Timeliness of posting

• Teacher will update grades every week by Tuesday @ 4:30.
• It is HIGHLY advised that assessment grades delivered in the last three days of the grading period be counted in the NEXT grading period to avoid late work/retesting adjustments that may be necessary.

Retesting or Redoing

• Students scoring below “70” on an Assessment Grade must be allowed (or may be required) to redo the assignment/test (or similar) after completing prerequisite work. The higher grade, with a maximum of “70”, shall be recorded.
• Retesting/redoing should be completed within five school days (unless the teacher makes alternative provision for extenuating circumstances).  
• Students must be allowed to do re-takes on assessment grades below 70.
• Students may be allowed to do re-takes on assessment grades above 70. (PLC must be consistent)
• They may be allowed to do re-takes on any practice grade. (PLC must be consistent)

Late Work

• Students will be afforded opportunity to submit late work during each grading period.
• Late work submissions in this regard must be submitted by the end of the grading period, with the grading period defined as each 3 week segment in the year.
• In the event that students are assigned work in the last week of the grading period, students will have 5 school days from the original date of submission to complete the late work assignment.
• Late work submissions in this regard must be good-faith efforts at the assignment; trivial attempts at assignments will not be accepted or graded. The teacher will determine the worthiness of the late assignment submitted.
• A maximum penalty of 20% may be applied to late work.
• Extra credit assignments are NOT subject to this Late Work provision.

Transfer Grades

• Transfer grades shall be assigned proportionally to the time spent in each school/class.

UIL Eligibility

• All schools must check grades for all participants at the end of the first six weeks of school at which time students must have earned a passing grade (70 or above) in all classes.  From that point, grades are checked at the end of each three week grading period.
• A student who receives, at the end of any grading period (after the first six weeks of the school year), a grade below 70 in any class may not participate in extra-curricular activities for three school weeks.
• Students are eligible for one Pre-AP/AP waiver PER semester.
• Special note about incompletes:  A student with an incomplete grade is ineligible at the end of the 7-day grace period unless the incomplete is replaced with a passing grade PRIOR to the end of the 7-day grace period.  Students may regain eligibility if the work is made up in accordance with district policy in regards to time and conditions allowed for make-up work.  Students who have received a failing grade will be ineligible regardless of make-up work.

Grade Report Dates 2017-2018

	3 Weeks IPR Ends	IPR to Parents	UIL Eligibility Gain Only	Nine Weeks Ends	Report Card to Parents	UIL Eligibility Gain/Lose
1st	9/15	9/22	None
	10/6*	10/13				10/13*
				10/19	10/26	10/26
2nd	11/9	11/16	11/16
	12/7	12/14	12/14
				12/21**	1/16	1/16
3rd	1/29	2/5	2/5
	2/16	2/23	2/23
				3/23	3/29	3/30
4th	4/13	4/20	4/20
	5/4	5/11	5/11
				6/6	TBD	n/a

UIL Gain/Lose In Effect

**For Scheduling and PEIMS reporting purposes, Semester 1 ends on

1/08/18.