AACPS Grading Policy For 4th Marking Period

Press release from South River High School:

May 9, 2020

The final second-semester grade for students in high school level courses can be no lower than the grade earned in the third marking period under a plan adopted by the Board of Education at its May 6, 2020, meeting.

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By a 5-4 vote, the Board approved a revision to Anne Arundel County Public Schools’ grading regulation that moves fourth marking period grades to a satisfactory/no-grade format for students in credit-bearing courses.
A student’s final second semester grade in a course would be equivalent to or one grade higher than the third marking period letter grade.
A student who engages in eLearning and earns a “satisfactory” designation in the fourth marking period would receive a final second semester grade one letter grade higher than their third marking period grade.
A student who earns a “no grade” in the fourth marking period would receive the third marking period grade as the final grade for the second semester.
Further, the student would have additional time to turn in work to achieve a “satisfactory” mark. Letter grades would be calculated into a student’s GPA as they would in any other semester.
Prior to adopting the revision, the Board rescinded an action approved at its April 15, 2020, meeting which would have given students in high school level classes the choice of earning a letter grade or satisfactory/unsatisfactory designation.

This press release was produced by South River High School. The views expressed here are the author’s own.