Secondary Grading
Home Access Center, or HAC, is an online tool for Frisco ISD students and parents to find up-to-date information regarding student attendance, grades, assignments and class schedules. There are two categories for reporting the mastery of the course standards in the secondary gradebook.
“Progress Check for Learning” captures the practice and formative assessments students complete leading up to the formal assessment.
“Assessment of Learning” assesses standards at the appropriate level for the course and gives an accurate picture of where students are on those particular standards.
Students are held accountable for their work and take ownership of their learning.
Students may retest certain assessments up to a 90. Please see each teacher' assessment plan for additional details.
Extra credit, bonus points and curving are not acceptable practices in FISD.
Homework is not graded because it is meant to provide opportunities for practice, not to prove mastery of concepts.
Students are responsible for late assignments through the schoolwide accountability system to have students complete their work (lunch detention, tutorials, etc.).
Teachers ensure final grades reflect a student’s level of mastery based on evidence gathered.
There are a minimum of five assessments of learning each nine weeks and include all levels of standards.
Assessments of learning are all valued equally.
The gradebook should include the standard or topic for each assessment.
At least one Assessment of Learning must be entered before each progress report.
Progress checks for learning are included in the gradebook to show the learning progression.
Assessment plans are created and communicated to students to show how and what will be assessed within a unit.
Campuses are consistent in grading practices and include several key items:
A schoolwide accountability system is in place to hold students accountable for completing the assessments and support those who need more time to learn.
Academic contracts are in place to communicate how students and teachers commit to working together in the learning process. This includes a tailored support plan.
Behavioral consequences are in place for misbehavior; grades are not automatically impacted by behavior unless no evidence of learning is produced within the grading period.