Grading policy

Grading Guidelines Grades 6-12

The Grading Guidelines provide a framework for teachers to measure and report student mastery of essential concepts. Best practices include measuring student learning in multiple and varied ways in order to calculate valid students' grades. It is critical that student academic attainment be measured, not by the amount of time a student spends on learning, but by the level of attainment in terms of the skills and knowledge that student has mastered.

Assessment:

Assessments in Dysart count for either 60% or 80% of the total class grade in a course. Assessments may include: multiple choice tests, benchmark assessments, quizzes, writing assignments, projects, labs or any rubric based assignment.

In classes that rely more on tests and quizzes, which are not project based, there will not be a project category and assessments will count for 80%. In classes that include more projects, assessments will account for 60% and projects for 20% of the total course grade.

Classwork/Homework:

Classwork and homework are the students' independent practice of skills and concepts learned in the classroom. Classwork/ homework will count for 10% of a course grade.

Final Exams:

Finals will count for 10% of a student's grade. Finals measure a student's mastery of all essential content for the semester. Finals may not be retaken. Finals are administered for students in December and May.