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Elsa England Elementary

Campus Grading Guidelines

2018-2019

Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade

Students do not receive numerical grades in kindergarten, first and second grade. Students will receive meaningful feedback from their teachers to guide their learning. The RRISD Primary Report Card is a standards-based continuum, meaning that progress is reported on the knowledge and skills your child is expected to master at each grade level. The continuum is based on the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and ranges from Performance Level 1 to Performance Level 4.

Level 1 - Exhibits skill/concept with direct guidance

Level 2 – Exhibits skill/concept with minimal guidance

Level 3 – Exhibits mastery of skill/concept

Level 4 – Exhibits understanding beyond grade level expectation.

Teachers assess a student’s performance level through observation, work samples, dialogue, performance tasks, and other informal and formal measures. Students are retaught at the time of need and given multiple opportunities to show mastery of a concept or skill. To see the Performance Indicators and full rubrics to describe a student’s performance, Round Rock ISD web page (https://www.roundrockisd.org/departments/elementary-education/elementary-report-cards/).

Third Grade, Fourth Grade, Fifth Grade

Students earn numerical grades on a 0-100 scale.

Redo/Retake

Any grade below a 70 is considered failing, and the student will have a reasonable and fair opportunity to be retaught and to redo the assignment to further develop his/her understanding of the concept, earning a grade up to a 70.

Number of Grades per Quarter

District Policy (EIA Local) states that grading guidelines shall ensure that grades reflect a student’s relative mastery of an assignment and that a sufficient number of grades are taken to support the grade average assigned. Elementary teachers will take a minimum of seven grades each quarter in each core content area (reading, writing, math, science, social studies). When calculating a nine-week average for a content area, no single grade will count more than 30% of the total average. No two grades will count more than 50% of the total average.

Specials Classes

Teachers in art, music and physical education report student progress on the report card using the following terms.

E Excellent

S Satisfactory

N Needs improvement

U Unsatisfactory

Progress Reports/Conferences

A progress report will be sent home during the fourth week of each quarter if a student is not passing. A teacher shall request a conference with a student’s parents at the end of a nine-week period if the student’s grades are not passing. Parents and teachers may request a conference at any other time for other academic or behavioral concerns. Parents are able to view grades at any time through the Home Access Center.