Progress reports will be issued at the midpoint (4 to 4 1⁄2 weeks) of each grading period. However, parents may check their child's grades at any time using PISD's Parent Portal.
Report cards are issued on the district-designated date and may not be issued any earlier. If a student has been enrolled for more than 20 days, a report card will be issued. Report cards are viewed on the parent portal.
Third - Fifth Grade
There will be no weighting of grades at the Elementary level.
Numerical Grades (0 - 100) are assigned in grades three through five for the following subjects:
Reading
Literacy
Mathematics
Science / Health
Social Studies
Letter Grades (E, S, N, U) are assigned in grades three - five for the following subjects:
Handwriting
Music
Art
Physical Education
The letter grades (E, S, N, U) for these subjects are defined as follows:
Excellent: Masters the TEKS for the grade level assignment; completes most assignments; consistently produces work of an outstanding quality.
Satisfactory: Masters the TEKS for the grade level assignment; completes most assignments; consistently produces work of a satisfactory quality.
Needs improvement: Masters, with difficulty, the TEKS for the grade level assignment; minimally passing; completes some assignments; needs frequent reteaching of skills and concepts to achieve mastery.
Unsatisfactory: Fails to achieve 70% mastery of the TEKS for the grade level assignment; completes little or no assignments; continues to have difficulty mastering skills and concepts despite repeated reteaching and tutoring.
The letter grades (E, S, N, U) for these areas are defined as follows:
Excellent: Serves as a role model of citizenship & character traits, provides consistently outstanding demonstration of lifelong learner traits, and completes assigned work on time.
Satisfactory: Understands and demonstrates citizenship & character traits and lifelong learner traits, and completes most assigned work on time.
Needs improvement: Understands and demonstrates citizenship & character traits and lifelong learner traits to some degree, and assigned work is not always completed on time.
Unsatisfactory: Understanding and demonstration of citizenship & character traits and lifelong learner traits is not satisfactory, and assigned work is often incomplete and late.