HCPSSUpdate to 2020-2021 School Year Grading Policies
September 11th, 2020
Update: October 23, 2020
The Board of Education on October 22 voted to temporarily modify sections of Policy 8020 Grading and Reporting: Middle and High School to remove final assessments. This change also introduces new grade calculations, clarifying that for .50 courses, the quarter grade will be the final grade. The temporary change to Policy 8020 will terminate at the end of the 2020–2021 school year.
Actualización: 23 de octubre del 2020
El 22 de octubre, la Junta de Educación votó por la modificación temporaria de secciones de la Norma 8020, Calificaciones e informes: escuelas intermedias y secundarias para remover las evaluaciones finales. Este cambio también presenta nuevos cálculos de calificaciones, con la aclaración de que para los cursos de 0,50 [crédito], la calificación del trimestre será la calificación final. El cambio temporario a la Norma 8020 concluirá al final del año escolar 2020–2021.
Actualización de las normas de calificación para el año escolar 2020-2021
更新：2020年10月23日
教育委员会于10月22日投票通过，对第8020号政策：初中与高中评分与报告部分作出暂时修改，去掉了期末考试。该修改也提出了一个新的成绩计算方法，阐明对于.50学分的课程来说，其学季成绩即为总成绩。对于第8020号政策所做的暂时修改将于2020–2021学年底失效。
업데이트 내용: 2020년 10월 23일
10월 22일의 교육이사회는 정책 8020채점과 보고: 중학교 및 고등학교 의 항목들을 임시 수정하기로 하고 기말 평가시험을 제거하기로 표결했습니다. 이 변경 내용은 .50 과목에 대하여 분기 성적이 기말 성적이 될 것임을 명시하는 새로운 채점 계산을 또한 도입하고 있습니다. 정책 8020에대한 임시 변경 사항은 2020–2021학년도 말에 종료될 것입니다.
On September 10, 2020, the Howard County Board of Education voted to temporarily suspend sections of the elementary and secondary grading policies to institute procedures and calculations consistent with the HCPSS Reopening Plan for the 2020-2021 school year. The policy changes–effective immediately and set to terminate at the end of the school year–accommodate a shift to a virtual environment and a 4×4 semester schedule.
Highlights of changes to both policies include:
- Students have until September 30, 2020 (extended from September 15, 2020) to turn in Learning Packets to change 4th Quarter SY19-20 grades of Incomplete to Pass.
- The work assigned for asynchronous work periods does not constitute homework under the policy. Students may have assignments to be completed during asynchronous time as well as homework to be completed outside the scheduled school hours.
Highlights of changes to Policy 8010 Grading and Reporting: Prekindergarten through Grade 5 include:
- Learning Behaviors will not be graded for SY20-21.
- Interim reports will not be issued; instead, ongoing reporting will be handled via Canvas.
- Related Arts courses will be graded only twice per year, during Quarter 2 and Quarter 4.
Highlights of changes to 8020 Grading and Reporting: Middle and High School include:
- For courses for high school credit, the withdrawal (W) date has been shortened from 20 days to 14 days after the beginning of the semester.
- For athletic eligibility purposes, the most recent report card before the start of the season will continue to be used to determine a student’s eligibility for participation.
- Midterm examinations have been eliminated, and HCPSS will only require final examinations.
- For middle school students, two quarter grades will be used to compute the final course grade for a 1.0 credit course; one quarter grade will be used to calculate the final course grade for a 0.5 credit course.
- For high school students, two quarter grades and a final exam grade will be used to compute the final course grade for a 1.0 credit course; one quarter grade and a final exam grade will be used to calculate the final course grade for a 0.5 credit course.
- Grade calculations at the high school level will change to the following: for a semester course, 3 points per quarter grade and 1 point for final exam, thus the final exam will represent 1/7 of the final course grade; for a quarter course, 6 points per grade and 1 point for final exam, thus the final exam will represent 1/7 of the final course grade.
Additional information on the policy changes can be found on BoardDocs.