3-5 Classroom Teachers

3-5 Classroom Teachers 

• For progress reports, it is okay to document a 0 for missing or incomplete assignments, but students should be given the opportunity to make up the work and earn a grade for it.  If the work is not completed by the end of the marking period deadline (determined at school level), then the assignment may receive a 0 in the gradebook.  

• If a student does not pass an assessment or class assignment, teachers should reteach and give students the opportunity to take another assessment on the same standard, retake or correct the original assessment to show mastery, or redo the class assignment.  

• Prior to the release of any report card, any marking period or semester final grade below a 50% should be changed to 50%. 

• Also, homework assignments should not be graded since they are more reflective of the student’s home environment than the student’s understanding of an assignment. Homework should be graded for completion only, as opposed to grading for accuracy. 

• All schools and classes will use the same category weights for grading to build consistency within the school and between schools.

• Administrators should periodically run Grade distribution reports and Low Grade Reports (recommend running at least 1 week before progress reports are prepared and at least 2 weeks before report cards go home).

• Administrators should schedule gradebook checkpoints at least two times throughout each quarter to monitor grades being entered into the gradebook and general grading practices: What is being graded? What categories are not being used in the grade book?  How many grades are entered? How are most of the students performing?  How many zeroes or missing assignments are there? 

• The following category weights will be in place for 2025-2026 and teachers grade books should reflect these weights: