Grading Policy

Grading Policy for Students and Families

Grading Scale 

You may see this system when checking a student’s grade in a class in Infinite Campus or on a school issued report card. 

  • A = 100-90
  • B = 89-80 
  • C = 79-70
  • D = 69-60
  • F = 59-0

Formative, Homework and Summative Assignments 

Formative

Formative work is any assignment that will be unweighted in the grade book. The goal of formative assessment is to monitor student learning to provide ongoing feedback that can be used by instructors to improve their teaching and by students to improve their learning. Formative assessments may include but are not limited to study guides, rough drafts, journals, pre-assessments, and other practice items. 

Homework

Homework is any practice work completed in school or at home. Homework will be weighted as 10% of the student’s overall grade for the quarter. Homework is used to show a student is prepared to show mastery for any upcoming summative assessments. 

Summative

The goal of summative assessment is to evaluate student learning at the end of an instructional unit. Summative assessments will be weighted as 90% of the student’s overall grade for the quarter. Examples of summative assessments include, a midterm exam, a final project, quizzes, tests, exams, major projects, research papers, major essays, presentations, performances, and anything that a teacher may grade to make a judgement of a student’s ability level or their mastery of curriculum and content.

Due Dates

Establishing, maintaining, and holding students accountable for due dates is necessary to assist students in the development of skills such as organization, time management, problem solving and collaboration as well as in the development of individual responsibility and self-discipline.

Establishing, maintaining, and holding students accountable for due dates and deadlines are also necessary for teachers to adequately and efficiently manage their workload. It is vital that students complete work on time because it will support the preparation for summative assessments. 

  • The due date is the date upon which the assignment is expected to be submitted to the teacher in complete and final format.
  •  Students who have missing formative work or homework will not be eligible to request and complete a redo/retake for a summative assessment.
  • Missing work will be recorded with a “M” which calculates as a zero.
  • All late work must be submitted within one week of its due date.
  • No late work will be accepted during the last week of the quarter. 
  • Students with missing work will not be allowed to attend the end of the quarter Incentive Event. 

In unusual circumstances, due dates may be extended and/or grading adjustments may not be necessary. Students need to be encouraged to discuss unusual or extenuating circumstances directly with teachers, which represents learning and practicing good communication skills.

Retake of Summative Assessments 

All teachers at Antioch Middle are to allow students the opportunity for retakes of summative assessments IF they have no missing formative work or homework that relates to the summative assessment. All students will be allowed one attempted retake per summative test. One retake opportunity is the norm. In unique and unusual circumstances, an additional retake opportunity may be provided at the teacher’s discretion. 

Retakes on a summative assessment can occur if: 

  • Student scored 84 or below on the summative assessment. 
  • Student has completed all the required formative work and homework (readings, in-class assignments, etc.) prior to the date of the summative test. 
  • The student asks the teacher to retake the summative test or the teacher asks the student to retake the summative test. 
  • The student completes any additional learning activities assigned by the teacher. 
  • Students completes the retake prior to the date of the next unit summative test. 

The score earned on a retake of the summative test will replace the original score. Retake opportunities are not available for semester or final course exams. 

Extra Credit

Extra credit is not allowed to be entered as a part of a student’s academic classroom grade. Extra credit artificially inflates grades, and in doing so, does not accurately measure what a student knows and can do within the provided curriculum.