CRITERIA FOR DETERMINATION OF QUARTERLY GRADES
All teachers are required to grade students by means of a reasonable number of evaluations during each marking period. In addition to the quarterly examination, there should be a minimum of ten marks for each quarter. These marks may include projects, recitations, quizzes, homework, laboratories, reports, voluntary assignments, and the like. The uses and frequencies of these techniques are contingent upon the subject taught. However, there should be a combination of at least ten of the above in addition to the quarterly examination on which the quarterly grade will be based. A student illegally absent from a class at a time when he/she is being evaluated will receive zero (0) for that evaluation. A student should be made fully aware of all assigned grades and marks within educationally sound limitations.
COMPUTING GRADES
The mark on a student’s report card represents a summation of the class grade and a quarterly examination grade. Since the class grade is formulated over a ten-week period, its value is worth one-fifth (20%).
FINAL EXAMINATIONS
FINAL EXAMINATIONS
REGENTS EXAMINATIONS
All Regents Examinations offered by the New York State Department of Education and appropriate to the offerings in the Central Islip Senior High School will be administered. Courses which culminate in a Regents Examination grade will follow the aforementioned procedure for computing the final grade. Examples:
Quarter 1 Grade – 70, Quarter 2 Grade – 80, Quarter 3 Grade – 75, Quarter 4 Grade – 80, Regents Grade – 75
(70+80+75+80+75) = 380
380 / 5 = 76%
HONOR ROLL
An 85 average with no grades below 65 is required to be placed on the Honor Roll. The Honor Roll will be published each quarter. Please see your guidance counselor for a certificate if you qualify.
TRANSFER STUDENT
All previous data and records concerning the student’s progress should be examined before a quarterly or final grade is assigned. Teachers will confer with the guidance counselors to receive interpretation of data received from previous schools.