Grading
River Ridge Academy Grading Scale:
River Ridge Academy Grading Scale:
Excellent = 90 - 100%
Excellent = 90 - 100%
Good = 80 - 89%
Good = 80 - 89%
Satisfactory = 70 – 79%
Satisfactory = 70 – 79%
Needs Improvement = 60– 69%
Needs Improvement = 60– 69%
Unsatisfactory = below 60%
Unsatisfactory = below 60%
** Please use PowerSchool to monitor your child’s grades**
** Please use PowerSchool to monitor your child’s grades**
Report Cards and Progress Reports:
Report Cards and Progress Reports:
We send out progress reports and report cards quarterly. You can also keep track of your child’s grades via the Powerschool Gradebook. Grades are based on formative and summative assessments.
We send out progress reports and report cards quarterly. You can also keep track of your child’s grades via the Powerschool Gradebook. Grades are based on formative and summative assessments.
Formative Assessments: 40% of overall grade (Daily class work, exit slips, journals, notebooks, word study activities, vocabulary activities, quizzes)
Formative Assessments: 40% of overall grade (Daily class work, exit slips, journals, notebooks, word study activities, vocabulary activities, quizzes)
Summative Assessments: 60% of overall grade (Unit or Chapter tests, post assessments, in-school projects with rubrics, or performance assessments with rubrics)
Summative Assessments: 60% of overall grade (Unit or Chapter tests, post assessments, in-school projects with rubrics, or performance assessments with rubrics)
Homework: Student’s will not be assigned “homework”, except for reading at least 20 minutes each night. During our content units, student’s may have a project to work on which reflects concepts covered in class.
Homework: Student’s will not be assigned “homework”, except for reading at least 20 minutes each night. During our content units, student’s may have a project to work on which reflects concepts covered in class.