Grading & Testing
What's Different this Year?
What's Different this Year?
4K thru 2nd Grade
4K thru 2nd Grade
- Students receive a standards –based report card
- Students are recognized with the Academic GOLD Award (Exceeding Standards), Academic SILVER Award (Meeting Standards) , or Academic GROWTH Award (Exhibited Growth) in one or more of the core academic areas
3rd thru 12th Grade
3rd thru 12th Grade
- Students receive traditional grades.
- Students are eligible for Honor Roll each nine-week grading period if achieving on grade level in the core academic areas of reading, writing, math, science/health, and social studies:
- All A’s =All A Honor Roll
- A’s and B’s or All B’s=A-B Honor Roll
10-point grading scale:
10-point grading scale:
- A - 90-100
- B - 80-89
- C - 70-79
- D - 60-69
- F - 59 and below
MAP Testing
MAP Testing
- Given 3 times per year
- Reading & Math
- MAP scores will be sent home
SC Ready (End of Year State Testing)
SC Ready (End of Year State Testing)
Math: multiple choice questions on third grade standards
Math: multiple choice questions on third grade standards
ELA: multiple choice grammar questions & a written text-dependent analysis (TDA), in which students will read a passage and respond to a prompt about it, using evidence from the text to support their answer
ELA: multiple choice grammar questions & a written text-dependent analysis (TDA), in which students will read a passage and respond to a prompt about it, using evidence from the text to support their answer
Reading: Students will read passages (both fictional and informational text) and answer multiple choice questions about them.
Reading: Students will read passages (both fictional and informational text) and answer multiple choice questions about them.