FILE:  IHA

 

GRADING SYSTEMS

 

 

Elementary and Middle Schools:  If homework is considered as a portion of a student’s grade, it shall not count for more than ten percent (10%) of the grade.

 

Kindergarten:  At the kindergarten level, students are not assigned grades.  Reporting to parents indicates “Satisfactory” or “Needs Improvement.”

 

Grades 1-5:  At the elementary level, each grading period will be reported as a discrete unit indicating only the work accomplished during that nine weeks (ten weeks for extended school year) with equitable distribution of total points among the grading periods.  Points shall be converted to a percentage at the end of each grading period, and the appropriate letter grade assigned in accordance with the Caddo Parish grading scale.  Quality point values will be assigned to each letter grade according to the Caddo Parish Grading Scale section below.  The final grade will be determined by dividing the sum of quality points by the number of grading periods.  Letter grades only will be assigned for elementary music, art, physical education, and conduct.  A resulting grade-point average of not less than .75 is required to earn a “D” letter grade.  In all other cases, fractions of .5 or higher are to be rounded up to the next highest letter grade equivalent, and fractions of less than .5 are rounded off to the lower letter grade equivalent.  A final percentage of at least 66.5% will also convert to a “D.”

 

Grades 6-8:  At the middle school level, each grading period will be reported as a discrete unit indicating only the work accomplished during that nine weeks (ten weeks for extended school year) with equitable distribution of total points among the grading periods.  Points shall be converted to a percentage at the end of each grading period, and the appropriate letter grade assigned in accordance with the Caddo Parish grading scale.  Quality point values will be assigned to each letter grade according to the scale below.  The final grade will be determined by dividing the sum of quality points by the number of grading periods.  Letter grades only will be assigned for elementary music, art, physical education, and conduct.  A resulting grade-point average of not less than .75 is required to earn a “D” letter grade.  In all other cases, fractions of .5 or higher are to be rounded up to the next highest letter grade equivalent, and fractions of less than .5 are rounded off to the lower letter grade equivalent.  A final percentage of at least 66.5% will also convert to a “D.”

 

High Schools:

 

  1. Mid-Term and Final Exams

    If approved courses are offered at the middle school campus that award high school credit to students, a semester exam is for every student.  The semester exams count up to 15% of the semester grade.

  2. High School LEAP 2025/End-of-Course (EOC) Tests

    Students enrolled in a course for which there is an EOC test must take the EOC test.

 

  1. The EOC test score shall count as a percentage of the student’s final grade for the course.

  2. The percentage shall be 15%. For students with disabilities who meet the ACT 833 participation criteria prior to taking the first EOC test, the EOC test score shall count for 5 percent of the students’ final grade for the course.

  3. The grades assigned for the EOC test achievement levels per the LDOE Conversion Scales (EOC and LEAP 2025)

 

EOC tests or final exams will count as 15% of the students’ final grade.  If a mid-term exam is given, it will count 15% of the semester grade.

 

At the high school level, points shall accumulate until the end of the semester.  A report card reflecting the progress of each student will be sent to parents at mid-semester.  Final grades on the report card reflect scores earned from the first day of the semester through the last day of the semester (or the course for full-year courses).  If the percentage of scores reflects a passing grade according to the grading scale, the student shall receive the appropriate Carnegie credit.

 

If homework is considered as a portion of a student’s grade, it shall not count for more than ten percent (10%) of the grade.

 

Criteria for Grading for Art, Physical Education and Music

 

Each student is to be given a letter grade according to the following criteria:

 

Participation

75% of the Student’s Grade

Effort

Classroom Performance

 

Skill Development

25% of the Student’s Grade

Evaluation

Teacher Observation

 

Total Grade

100% of the Student’s Grade=

Participation + Skill Development

A.            

 

CADDO PARISH GRADING SCALE

 

Weighted Grading for Two Phases in High School

 

Enriched

General

A – 5

A – 4

B – 4

B – 3

C – 3

C – 2

D – 2

D – 1

F – 0

F – 0

 

Quality Point Values for Elementary and Middle Schools

 

A-4

B-3

C-2

D-1

F-0

 

PARTIAL CREDIT FOR MISSED WORK – (Suspension/Unexcused Absence)

 

Whenever a student is suspended, removed from a classroom due to disorderly conduct, or when the student’s absence is unexcused, the teacher shall assign schoolwork missed and the student shall receive either full or partial credit as recommended by the teacher as follows:

 

  1. Teacher shall assign school work missed and designate the time for completion of the assignment;

  2. Once the assignment is completed, the teacher shall

 

  1. Determine if the assignment is completed and turned in on time.

  2. Determine if other students (those not suspended, removed from the class, or with an excused absence) received credit for the same or similar work;

  3. If other students received points for the work missed in paragraph B (2) above, then the teacher shall grade the assignment and provide the student with an appropriate raw score of not less than 50% of the total points earned for the assignment.

 

  1. If the student believes the teacher improperly assigned the grade for the assignment missed, the student may appeal to the school principal.  The principal or his/her designee may only review to determine

 

  1. If other students received credit for the same or similar assignment missed.

  2. If the student turned in the assignment timely in accordance with the teacher’s directive;

  3. Whether the teacher assigned the total points in accordance with policy; and

  4. Whether an obvious error was made in the calculation of grade or the assignment of points, to which the principal shall refer to teacher for correction and/or revision of grade.

 

Adopted:  October 16, 1985 Revised:  October 1, 2002
Revised:  November 6, 1985 Revised:  July 21, 2009
Revised:  July 9, 1986 Revised:  September 17, 2019
Revised:  June 24, 1992  

 

 

Ref:    La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:24.4, 17:81, 17:414.2

Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators, Bulletin 741, Louisiana Department of Education

Board minutes, 10-16-85, 11-6-85, 7-9-86, 6-24-92, 10-1-02, 7-21-09, 9-17-19

 

Caddo Parish School Board