Aldine I.S.D. Teacher Handbook - Aldine Independent School District

the parent is to be contacted by phone. If the parent cannot be contacted by phone after
reasonable attempts, a letter must be sent informing the parent of the child's progress.
4. Prior to the nine-week grade processing date, teachers may assign a student a grade of “R” for
the nine-week cycle average. The “R” will indicate that the student has a pending reassessment
of an exam which was recorded as a major grade. All grades of “R” should be cleared based on
a reassessment within ten instructional days following the grade processing date.
Averaging Outside Grades
1. Honoring Grades
a. Grades will be honored from sending schools in accordance with school board policy.
b. Grades will be honored from all sending schools in the United States, other countries,
charter, private, home school, and federally funded schools where the grades can be
converted to our grading system.
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For grades that are not numerical from outside AISD:
E = 95
S = 85
N = 75
U = 65
2. Calculation for Transfer Grades
When a child enters during a grading cycle, the child’s average from the sending school will be
assigned an equal number of times to the number of grading cycles for the same period of time.
The child’s average from the sending school will also be assigned an equal number of times to
the number of grades the teacher has in his/her gradebook (electronic) for the same period of
time.
Example:
The student enters from X School in XISD during the third nine-week grading period. The
student has an average of 81% in Math. The teacher enters the average of 81% as the grade
for each assignment in the gradebook that was scored prior to the student’s arrival. The
school will enter the 81% as the student’s cycle grade for the first two nine-week grading
periods.
Teacher’s Gradebook:
Assignment 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Math Cyl Avg
81% 81% 81% 81% 81% 99% 90% 89% = 85%
Report Card Cycle Marks for Math:
X School XISD Aldine School
Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Cycle 3 Cycle 4
81% 81% 85% 87%
X School XISD Aldine School
3. Students who have not received a cycle grade from the sending school: Withdrawal grades will
be used for any missing Aldine cycle grades and gradebook scores.
4. After a student receives a cycle grade from the sending school, only the average of the cycle
grades will be used for any missing Aldine cycle grades and gradebook scores.