Grading System/Honor Roll/Credit Recovery
Grading System
Schools teaching grades nine (9) through twelve (12) shall use the uniform grading system established by the State Board of Education. Using the uniform grading system, students’ grades shall be reported for the purposes of an application for post-secondary financial assistance administered by the Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation.
Subject-area grades shall be expressed by the following letters with their corresponding percentage range:
· A (90-100)
· B (80-89)
· C (70-79)
· D (60-69)
· F (0-59)
Advanced coursework grades shall be weighted with additional percentage points to calculate the semester average. Depending on the course taken, the following percentage points shall be assigned:
· Honors Courses – three (3) percentage points;
· Local and Statewide Dual Credit, Capstone Industry Certification Aligned, and Dual Enrollment Courses – four (4) percentage points; and
· Advanced Placement, – five (5) percentage points.
Honor Roll
A HONOR ROLL
To be eligible for the A Honor Roll, students must have all A’s for the grading period in all courses.
A/B HONOR ROLL
To be eligible for the A Honor Roll, students must have a minimum of one (1) A and no grade lower than a B in all courses for the grading period.
Unless a student of parent/guardian of a student objects, the names of honor roll students may be released to the news media
Credit Recovery
The Director of Schools shall ensure that credit recovery facilitators receive training regarding course organization, online instruction management, and related technology.
Credit recovery teachers shall comply with all State Board of Education certification requirements.
ADMISSION AND REMOVAL
No student shall be admitted to or otherwise enrolled in credit recovery courses unless:
1. The student’s parent/guardian gives written consent for the student to enroll in the proposed credit recovery course. Parent(s)/guardian(s) shall be informed that not all postsecondary institutions will accept credit recovery courses for credit and that the NCAA Clearinghouse will not accept credit recovery courses for credit; and
2. The student has previously taken an initial, non‐credit recovery section of the proposed course and received a grade of at least fifty percent (50%). Students who receive a grade of below fifty percent (50%) in the non‐credit recovery section of the course must re‐take the course.
If a student is seeking to recover credit for the first semester of a two‐semester course, the student may not receive the full credit for the course until he/she has enrolled in and passed the second semester of the course and taken any applicable End of Course examinations.
The Board shall track students enrolled in credit recovery courses as directed by the Tennessee Department of Education.
INSTRUCTION AND CONTENT
Credit recovery teachers shall work closely with credit recovery facilitators to correlate class content and instruction.
The Director of Schools shall ensure that all credit recovery courses:
1. Align with Tennessee’s current academic standards for the relevant course content area, as approved by the State Board of Education; and
2. Differentiate instruction to address individual student growth needs based on diagnostic assessment or End of Course data.
Students in credit recovery programs shall:
1. Complete a course skill-specific diagnostic to determine skill-specific goals;
2. Meet individual skill‐specific goals in a flexible time frame as established by identified student need; and
3. Master all individualized skill‐specific goals as established by the diagnostic process in order to earn credit.
GRADES
Students passing credit recovery shall receive a grade of sixty percent (60%) under the state uniform grading system. If the district utilizes a locally-adopted grading scale that differs from the uniform grading scale, a student passing credit recovery shall receive a D.
** Scheduling** Students will be scheduled based on academic advisement through school counselors and aligned with graduation requirements with career goals in mind. Course requests may not always be honored due to various factors