GRADING SCALE
All assignments, projects and teacher assessments count 5%, whereas common summative assessments count 95%. Students are expected to turn in all assignments on time.
Parent Handbook Language
FOCUS/Parent Portal is the OFFICIAL grade of record. FOCUS/Parent Portal can be accessed 24/7. Go to http://www.bay.k12.fl.us/Parents/ParentPortal.aspx for additional information. Parents can then receive regular updates (if scheduled in Parent Portal to do so) and receive emails from the teacher regarding student progress.
All assignments, projects and teacher assessments count 5%, whereas common summative assessments count 95%. Students are expected to turn in all assignments on time.
Parent Handbook Language
- Purpose of Grading - The primary purpose of a grade is to communicate the level of standards mastery a student has achieved in a given subject.
- Formative & Summative Assessments - Formative assessments are used for student practice and teacher feedback. Formative assessments will count for no more than 5% of a student’s final grade. Summative assessments measure student achievement at the end of a unit, course, term, or year providing teachers with information for making final judgments about student mastery, and counts 95% of the final Grade.
- Missing Assignments and “Incompletes” - In Parent Portal, the term “Missing” will indicate any missing student work during the grading period. At the end of a grading period, any missing work will factor into the final grade as a temporary zero that will be adjusted once the student completes the assessment.
- Zeroes - The only situation in which a zero may be used is when a student has completed an assessment and demonstrated no mastery of the standard(s) on that assessment. Zeroes will not be used to indicate missing assignments.
- Communication of Behavior - Communication of student behavior is done via teacher-initiated contact with parents/guardians during the grading period and via the conduct grade on the report card at the end of the grading period. Behavior will not factor into a student’s Science grade.
- Retakes/Reassessments - Teachers will provide students with multiple and various opportunities to demonstrate their level of mastery.
- Reassessments will be provided for summative assessments or parts of summative assessments if the summative assessment is divided up by standard. Reassessments occur during the school day unless teacher and student make other arrangements
- The intent of a reassessment is not for students to continually reassess to get an “A”.
- The intent of a reassessment is to provide students an additional opportunity to show increased standards’ proficiency/mastery.
- Prior to reassessments, an appropriate remediation/re-teaching opportunity will be provided. The student is required to show evidence of additional learning to the teacher. Examples of additional learning include peer tutoring, teacher tutoring, revising their work, practicing the skill in a given way, and other similar activities.
- The reassessment will not be identical to the original assessment.
FOCUS/Parent Portal is the OFFICIAL grade of record. FOCUS/Parent Portal can be accessed 24/7. Go to http://www.bay.k12.fl.us/Parents/ParentPortal.aspx for additional information. Parents can then receive regular updates (if scheduled in Parent Portal to do so) and receive emails from the teacher regarding student progress.