Wicomico County Board of Education Approval Status Index Code Title: Grading, Promotion, and Retention Systems Procedure INS-SCH-PR-007 First Adopted: 07/10/90 Legal Review: 07/19/21 04/18/17 Approved Revisions: 10/10/23 07/13/22 07/20/21 08/28/19 05/09/17 04/11/95 02/09/93 Effective: 10/11/23 07/14/22 07/21/21 08/28/19 05/10/17 09/04/90 02/10/93 04/12/95 Page 11 of 22 WICOMICO COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION P.O. BOX 1538 2424 NORTHGATE DRIVE., SUITE 3, SALISBURY, MD 21802-1538 INS-SCH-PR-007 of Schools (Level IV). As the parent/guardian works through the appeal process at each level, if the designee upholds the principal's decision, then the parent/guardian may appeal to the next level within ten business days. If the Superintendent of Schools upholds the decision of the school principal to place rather than promote the student, the parent has the right to appeal within ten days to the Wicomico County Board of Education by submitting a letter in writing to the board president (Level V). The school team must be prepared to present additional placement documents, beyond the required retention/non-promotion packet including current student assessment information, documented intervention services rendered, and/or attendance data denoting the need for a student to be placed in the next grade for the next school year if requested by the Director of Elementary Education, the Chief Academic Officer, the Superintendent of Schools, or the Wicomico County Board of Education. Each level of the appeal process will generate a formal letter stating the rendered decision to the parent and copied to the school team and the student's cumulative record. D. Promotion 1. A student is promoted from one grade level to the next upon successful completion of each grade as determined by the classroom teacher and the school principal based on the student's academic performance and attendance throughout the school year. 2. The fourth marking term report card will denote the student's status of "Promotion" and will signify the next grade the student will attend. For example, "Promoted – Grade 3" will appear on a successful Grade 2 student's end of the year, fourth marking term report card. VI. Middle School grades 6-8 A. Grading 1. Expectations of the class, which include grading practices approved by the school principal, should be made clear at the beginning of the year to both students and parents/guardians. During the first week of class each classroom teacher will provide, review, and send home with each student a written handout that contains this information for that course. Parents/Guardians of students in grades 6, 7, and 8 will be able to view their child's grades on-line beginning mid-September through June 30th. The school office will provide parents with access directions to the electronic portal. The electronic grading portal is web-based, and allows teachers, students, parents/guardians, and administrators to have access to the online electronic grading portal from anywhere internet access is available. 2. Formative assignments, or assignments that are embedded as a part of daily instruction, account for 50% of a student’s grade. Examples of formative assignments include class work, homework, cooperative activities, exploratory labs, exit tickets, informal writing assignments, and other formative assignments determined by the teacher. Summative assignments account for 50% of a student’s grade. A summative assignment occurs after
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