Grading Policy

Rayburn Grading Policy 2023-2024

	6th Grade		7th Grade		8th Grade
	Minor	Major	Minor	Major	Minor	Major
Math	40%	60%	40%	60%	40%	60%
Language Arts	40%	60%	40%	60%	40%	60%
Social Studies	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%
Science	20% \| 40% Labs	40%	20% \| 40% Labs	40%	20% \| 40% Labs	40%
Electives/PE	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%

Minor: Daily work/activities, Homework, Extended Practice, Benchmarks, Components of a major paper/project, Labs Major: Major Papers, Projects, Common/Summative Assessments, Skills, Fitness Gram, Quizzes

Minimum number of Major Grades for the six weeks is 3

Notes (As per NISD policy):

Minimum 2 grades posted per subject, each week, by the Monday at 8am of the following week.
Evidence of student learning must be TEKS based (no Kleenex grades/no completion grades). Completion grades do not show mastery of a TEK and should not be utilized in our grading structure.
Teachers shall offer multiple opportunities for students to prove subject mastery. These opportunities include re-teaching and re-testing for mastery of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills.
Curriculum Diagnostic Benchmarks(CDBs) cannot fail a person nor are they allowed to be used as a major grade.
A course syllabus with grading policy will be made available to parents both on the website, along with a paper copy that will be sent home by the end of the first week of school.
Late work will be deducted 10% of the total grade per week that the assignment is late. No more than 30% will be deducted, from the final grade earned, due to turning in assignment in late.