Policy: 2420
Instruction
Grading and Progress Reports
The board believes that the cooperation of school and home is a vital ingredient in the growth and education of the student and recognizes the district’s responsibility to keep parents informed of student welfare and progress in school.
The district will inform parents or legal guardians about their students’ academic progress, including the right to receive periodic reports on their students’ educational growth and development in accordance with RCW 28A.150.240 and to receive notice of their students’ performance on state learning standard tests and assessments in accordance with RCW 28A.230.195. The district will also inform the parents or legal guardians whether their students’ performance could threaten their ability to be promoted to the next grade level. Parents or legal guardians have the right to request an in-person meeting with their students’ classroom teachers and principals to discuss any resources or strategies available to support and encourage their students’ academic improvement.
The district will issue grades and written or electronic progress reports, and provide opportunities for parent conferences to serve as a basis for continuous evaluation of the student's performance and to help in determining changes that should be made to effect improvement. These written and verbal reports will be designed to provide information that will be helpful to the student, teacher, counselor and parent. The district will comply with the marking/grading system incorporated into the statewide standardized high school transcript. Secondary students’ grade points will be reported for each term, individually and cumulatively.
The superintendent will establish a system of reporting student progress and will require all staff members to comply with such a system as part of their teaching responsibility.
At the beginning of each term, each teacher will specify in writing the student learning goals or standards for his/her respective courses. If participation is used as the basis of mastery of a goal or standard, a student's grades may be adversely affected for failure to attend or participate, provided on that day there was a graded participation activity. If the teacher does not so advise students in writing, the teacher may not use attendance and participation in the grading process. Students who feel that attendance or tardiness factors have been unfairly applied, may appeal to the principal to determine a resolution.
A student's grade report may be withheld until such time the student pays for any school property that has been lost or willfully damaged. Upon payment for damages or the equivalency through voluntary work, the grade report will be released. The student or his/her parents may appeal the imposition of a charge for damages to the superintendent and board of directors.
Cross References: 3520 - Student Fees, Fines, or Charges 3122 - Excused and Unexcused Absences
Legal References:
RCW 28A.150.240(2)(g) Certificated teaching and administrative staff as accountable for classroom teaching – Scope – Responsibilities – Penalty
RCW 28A.600.030 Graduation policies – Options to consider attendance
RCW 28A.635.060 Defacing or injuring school property – Liability of pupil, parent, or guardian, withholding grades, diploma, or transcripts – Suspensions and restitution – Voluntary work program as alternative – Rights protected
WAC 180-44-010 Regulatory provisions relating to RCW 28A.04.120(6) and 28A.58.101 – Responsibilities to instruction
WAC 392-210 Student testing and evaluation – Washington state honors award program
WAC 392-415 Secondary education – Standardized high school transcript
RCW 28A.230.195 Test or assessment scores – Adjustments to instructional practices – Notification to parents
RCW 28A.605.005 Parental rights
Adopted: 2/2016
Revised: 11/2025