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 19 of 22 WICOMICO COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION P.O. BOX 1538 2424 NORTHGATE DRIVE., SUITE 3, SALISBURY, MD 21802-1538 INS-SCH-PR-007 b. Example – 2 term Semester Course c. Example – 4 term Full Year Course EXAMPLE – Full Year Course (4 terms) Term Term Letter Grade Quality Points 1st C 2 2nd D 1 3rd E 0 4th A 4 2 +1 + 0 + 4 = 7 7/4 (# of terms) = 1.75 Final Letter Grade – 1.75 = C d. Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, all first-time 9th-grade students taking Life Science (Biology) and Government are subject to the End of Course (EOC) requirement as required by COMAR 13A.03.02 Graduation Requirements for High Schools in Maryland. An EOC exam is a state-administered high school assessment incorporated into courses as a final exam. The EOC exams for LS-MISA (Biology) and GOV’T will account for 20 percent of their final course grade. Students who must retake the course will also retake the EOC. EXAMPLE – Semester Course (2 terms) Term Term Letter Grade Quality Points 1st A 4 2nd B 3 4 + 3 = 7 7/2 (# of terms) = 3.5 Final Letter Grade – 3.5 = A
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