How will students be assessed?
what about grades?
Family-Facing Grading Spring 2020.pdfGrading Guidelines: Parent Information Sheet
The grading guidelines have been adjusted during Spring 2020. This document outlines important updates to the grading guidelines for students attending any school within DeSoto ISD. If you have additional questions, please reach out to your campus leader.
First, do no harm: context for our Grading guidelines
To determine the best approach to grading policy, we first committed to the axiom, “First, do no harm.”
We understand that there are many implications for rankings, GPA, college admittance, credits, etc. with respect to grades. We carefully considered the realities of our global pandemic and its impact on students across the country and the globe. We conferred with colleagues around the state and around the country. We conferred with campus leadership and teachers. Ultimately, we believe we have arrived at a grading policy that retains our firm focus on learning, while allowing flexibility, empathy, equity, and excellence for our students.
Please direct questions regarding grading to your campus leadership team – we will post responses to Frequently Asked Questions to our website on an on-going basis (COMING SOON). More information on progress reports, report cards, and specifics regarding class rank and GPA is coming soon. Check back regularly for updates.
Interested in reading more on this topic? Check out this article from EdWeek to start.
Students will be assigned 1 Culminating Performance Assessment per core content area*; students will receive credit and be graded upon these CPAs.
*Grades 3 - 12. In lieu of CPAs, students in PK-2 are assigned performance tasks each week, receiving feedback from teachers.**Students who do not have access to technology and who are using the paper-based option also turn in packets by May 22, 2020.
