Grading Policy

Our district uses a Standards Based Report Card (SBRC) for kindergarten through second grade. Instead of “grades” based on percentages/points, student progress will be assessed periodically and reported in the SBRC with the following scale:

1 - Knowledge is so incomplete that it leads to frustration, even after repeated instruction.

2 - Beginners who need assistance to perform/practice a skill and would not be able to do it without help.

3 - Consistently able to perform the skill without assistance in order to achieve a goal.

4 - Consistently uses higher level thinking skills, such as analysis, synthesis, and integration in order to apply the skill to unfamiliarsituations.

The purpose of a SBRC is to communicate to parents more specifically how their child is doing with regards to Virginia’s Standards of Learning, recognizing that traditional grading scales are not necessarily developmentally appropriate for our youngest learners. This report card is not like an upper elementary, middle, or high school report card. It is a communication tool, not something that goes towards a “grade point average.”

Note from Mrs. Anderson: Please note that a 4 is not an “A,” a 3 is not a “B,” etc. A 3 is “meets the standard” and means that your child knows what the state standard requires in that area for an end of the year second grader. If part of the information is still being taught or if your child has not mastered it consistently, your child will receive a 2, which means “working towards the standard.” Also, 4’s are not possible in some areas. If the standard is “uses objects to determine if a number is even or odd,” then your child either meets that standard (3) or does not.