6:280 Instruction
(Acrobat File)
     
 

Grading and Promotion

The Superintendent or designee shall establish a system of grading and reporting academic achievement to students and their parents and guardians. The system shall also determine when promotion and graduation requirements are met.  The decision to promote a student to the next grade level shall be based on successful completion of the curriculum, attendance, performance on the standardized tests required by the Ill State Board of Education (ISBE) and/ or other local assessments. A student shall not be promoted based upon age or any other social reason not related to academic performance but shall not be retained based on modifications to the curriculum needed related to a disability.  The administration shall determine remedial assistance for a student who does not qualify for promotion. 


Every teacher shall maintain an evaluation record for each student in the teacher's classroom.  The final grade assigned by the teacher cannot be changed by a District administrator without notifying the teacher. Reasons for changing a student’s final grade include: 

  • A miscalculation of test scores, 

  • A technical error in assigning a particular grade or score, 

  • The teacher agrees to allow the student to do extra work that may impact the grade, 

  • An inappropriate grading system used to determine the grade, 

  • An inappropriate grade based on an appropriate grading system, or

  • As otherwise appropriate.



Should a grade change be made, the administrator making the change must sign the changed record. 

LEGAL REF.: 105 ILCS 5/2-3.64, 5/10-20.9a, 5/10-21.8, and 5/27-27.



CROSS REF.: 6:110 (Programs for Students At Risk of Academic Failure and/or Dropping Out of School) 

6:300 (Graduation Requirements), 6:340 (Student Testing and Assessment Program)7, :50 

(School Admissions and Student Transfers To and from Non-District Schools)




Reviewed:                     February 27, 2006, March 24, 2014, January 25, 2016, May 11, 2020, March 21, 2022

Adopted: May 15, 2006

Revisions Adopted: September 15, 2008, April 14, 2014, February 8, 2016, March 21, 2022