GRADING POLICY
Parents or guardians shall be kept informed concerning the progress of their student. Parent-teacher conferences are encouraged and may be requested by parents, guardians, or teachers. If the progress of a student is unsatisfactory in a subject, the teacher shall attempt to schedule a parent-teacher conference. In the conference, the teacher shall explain the reasons for difficulties and shall develop, cooperatively with the parents, a plan for remediation which may enhance the probability of the student succeeding. The school shall also send timely progress reports midway through each quarter and issue grades for each nine-week grading period to keep parents/guardians informed of their student’s progress.
The evaluation of each student’s performance on a regular basis serves to give the parents/guardians, students, and the school necessary information to help affect academic improvement. Students’ grades shall reflect only the extent to which a student has achieved the expressed educational objectives of the course.
STANDARDS-BASED GRADING (K-3rd Grade)
The NLRSD uses standards-based report cards for kindergarten through grade 3. Learning goals are clearly stated through learning targets to evaluate a student's success in learning. These progress report helps us better communicate to parents the link between the Arkansas state standards and how we assess student achievement in those standards.
Standards-based report cards give students a progress score from 1 to 4 in a number of standards. The success criteria will give teachers and parents additional information about student learning and specific to your student's learning needs measured against a standard. Report cards are given four times during a school year.
Reporting Key | Indicator |
|---|---|
4 | Superior Performance (Exceeding the Standard) The student consistently exceeds grade-level standards and expectations. |
3 | Meets the Standard (Solid Academic Performance) The student is consistently meeting grade-level standards and expectations. |
2 | Partial Mastery (Making progress to the standard) The student is progressing toward grade-level standards and expectations |
1 | Making minimal progress toward the standard The student is not meeting grade-level standards and expectations. |
0 | NA Not assessed at this time |
GRADING SCALE (4th Grade-12th Grade)
For high school students, this is the same scale used for students enrolled in on-level, advanced, and concurrent classes. Quality points are used to determine a student's grade point average.
Percentage | Letter Grade | Quality Points |
|---|---|---|
90-100 | A | 4 |
80-89 | B | 3 |
70-79 | C | 2 |
60-69 | D | 1 |
0-59 | F | 0 |
GRADING SCALE FOR STUDENTS IN ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES (High School Only)
Quality points are used to determine a student's grade point average. Click here to see a list of AP Courses.
Percentage | Letter Grade | Quality Points |
|---|---|---|
90-100 | A | 5 |
80-89 | B | 4 |
70-79 | C | 3 |
60-69 | D | 2 |
0-59 | F | 0 |