1. Uniform Grading Policy State Board of Education Update May 12, 2016 Dr. Julie Fowler

2. Uniform Grading Policy Policy document that governs how grades are awarded in specific areas Outlines the practices around grading that districts should all have in common

3. Uniform Grading Policy Working Groups Grading Scale Honors and Dual Credit Recovery and Competency Diploma Pathways

4. Work Group 1: Grading Scale Grade Point Conversion Chart Computing Grade Point Averages Still working on: Lottery impact with Commission on Higher Education (CHE)

5. Work Group 2: Honors and Dual Credit Courses Carrying Carnegie Units Honors Courses Dual Credit Courses Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Courses Still working on: Honors Weighting Rubric Identifying any regulatory and statutory changes

6. Work Group 3: Recovery and Competency Credit Recovery Converting Grades on Transcripts Withdrawing from a Course Retaking a Course Content Recovery Failures Due to Absences Still working on: Carnegie Unit Competency-based Identifying regulatory and statutory changes

7. Work Group 4: Diploma Pathways Multiple Pathways to a Single Diploma Multiple Pathways to Multiple Diplomas Still working on: securing an external facilitator to lead work identifying volunteers from the field to work on honors rubric identifying statutory or regulatory changes

8. Presentations on Grading Scale Implementation Details Instructional Leaders’ Meeting, April 21 Webinar for Institutions of Higher Education, April 22 Statewide Faculty Meeting, May 2 Superintendents’ Meeting, May 5 Face-to-face Presentation at Commission on Higher Education (Provosts), May 19

9. Opportunities for Grading Scale Training Individual webinars from offices-Listservs  Instructional Leaders to receive information by June 1 on Camtasia videos available to access all summer  PowerSchool PD provided via Camtasia videos available to access all summer SCASA i3 Summer Institute-June 19-22 for Secondary Principals Research to Practice-July 11-15 at River Bluff High School in Lexington One: Teachers Education Business Summit-June 26-29 in Greenville: CATE, Counselors, Gen Ed and Sped Teachers, Administrators Regional Trainings: TBA

10. Timeline May: Work Groups 2 and 3 to vet red line May and June: Red line shared with external stakeholders June/July: Red line shared with SBE Summer 2016: Work continues on weightings rubric, Carnegie unit and competency-based, and multiple pathways TBD: Work with CHE on lottery impact 2016-17: Complete work in groups 2, 3, and 4 and begin training districts