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Board approves grading-policy addendum emphasizing mastery, redos and a 50% floor
Summary
The Newcastle Board of Education approved a grading-policy addendum for student handbooks that emphasizes mastery learning, allows redos through the eighth week of the quarter, and sets a 50% minimum score for viable attempts.
The Newcastle Board of Education voted Aug. 4 to add a districtwide grading policy to student handbooks that prioritizes mastery and gives students opportunities to reassess work. The motion to approve the addendum passed unanimously among members present (Yea: 4; Absent: 1).
The document the board approved states that grades should reflect knowledge and mastery rather than timeliness or compliance, allows students to redo major assignments, quizzes or tests for full credit through the eighth week of a quarter, and sets a 50% minimum grade for any assignment when a viable attempt has been made. It also directs departments to keep any single grading category at no more than 40% of the overall grade and asks teachers to enter at least two grades per week so families can track progress. The grading-policy text was provided to the board as an attachment to the agenda.
