George Washington Grading Practices

1 There should be a minimum average of 1 posted grade per week,

per student
2 Every teacher should post updated grades to Eligibility by 8:00
a.m. each Monday morning, without exception.
3 There should be consistency regarding assignment names with
the grades associated with these assignments in Infinite Campus
and Edmodo or any other electronic assignment submission
software program
4 George Washington High School should provide an in-depth
professional development for staff and parents regarding setting
up grade books and the use of the parent portal
5 All grades should be posted in Infinite Campus within 5
days of the assignments due date for typical daily
assignments and within 10 days for major assignments
such as essays, projects, and research papers. The
expected posting date should be communicated to
students/parents.
o Moving forward we will begin migrating all teachers to the
continuous grading.
6 Any accepted late work should be graded within 10 days
7 All assignments in the grade book should have a grade or
notation entered, i.e. (M) missing, (L) late. There should not be
blank values.
8 Teachers should use M to denote missing grades to
communicate to parents assignments that are not turned in in
order to facilitate communication via IC
9 Teachers should, when possible, enter assignments with due
dates into the IC grade book in advance.
10 Teachers should communicate their respective system of
grading (6-week/continuous) via their syllabi to parents
11 Teachers should have a minimum of one documented
communication with a parent of a student who is failing
12 Grading points earned should be well communicated and
balanced over the course of the semester