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Secondary Grading and Reporting Policy


Friday, August 6, 2021

ºìÐÓÖ±²¥appis committed to ensuring every student feels loved, challenged, and prepared to positively influence society and thrive in life by providing rigorous and inclusive learning environments for all students. ºìÐÓÖ±²¥appis focused on accelerating growth for students of all identities and abilities by ensuring equitable access to opportunity and removing barriers to learning. This policy conveys ºìÐÓÖ±²¥apprequirements related to grading and reporting on student academic progress for students in grades 6 through 12. 

ºìÐÓÖ±²¥appbelieves that grades are in the service of ongoing learning, provide timely feedback, and plan for personalized instruction, while making a record of growth and development over a student’s school career. As such, grades are a measure of a state of skill and knowledge of content that is taught, learned, and demonstrated based on the ºìÐÓÖ±²¥appcurriculum and are transparent and consistent among all schools, within set parameters. Grades are based on standards-based evidence of student learning demonstrated in foundational course engagement, assignments, and assessments and are accessible and available for revision and improvement throughout the term. Grades are not a mechanism used to sort students, perpetuate opportunity gaps, or manage students’ behavior. Grades are not based on institutional compliance or compatibility nor a tool for teaching accountability or consequence lessons to students.

For additional information on calculating ºìÐÓÖ±²¥app school grade point averages, please see dcps.dc.gov/publication/calculating-ºìÐÓÖ±²¥app-school-grade-point-averages