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Meeting Date:
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12/20/2018 - 6:30 PM
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Category:
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Report of the Committee on Legislation, Rules and Policies
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Type:
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Action
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Subject:
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2. Action on a Request to Revise Administrative Policy and Procedure 7.33, Grading Systems, and Administrative Policy 7.36, Promotion and Retention of Students
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Strategic Plan Compatibility Statement:
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Goal 1 Academic Achievement
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Attachments
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Proposed Update to Administrative Policy 7.33, Proposed Update to Administrative Procedure 7.33, and Proposed Update to Administrative Policy 7.36
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File Attachment:
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Background:
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Under Wisconsin Act 138, a student may earn high-school credits toward graduation in grade 7 or 8 if the student is academically prepared to take a high-school-level course, the course is taught by a high-school-licensed teacher, and the course’s curriculum and assessments are equivalent to the course taught in high school. The changes in Administrative Policy 7.33 and 7.36 help to clarify how high-school courses taken by middle-school students are recorded to the high-school transcript to include the course name, credit, and grade earned. While the grade must be posted to the transcript, the grade will not be used in calculating the high-school grade-point average. This is common practice among surrounding school districts and recommended by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
Calculations of grade-point average will begin in the ninth grade. Milwaukee Public Schools wants to encourage students to take rigorous coursework without concern that the grade earned in middle school could have long-term impact on their high-school grade-point average or their opportunity to become valedictorian or salutatorian.
In collaboration with the meet-and-confer team from the Milwaukee Teachers Education Association (MTEA), Administrative Procedure 7.33 was updated to provide guidelines for teachers’ acceptance of missing course evidence and the resubmission of student work against course standards. The team has determined minimum standards for the acceptance of late work or the resubmission of student work. Teachers must use these guidelines to define their class policies and in publishing in their course syllabi. All students have a final opportunity to provide evidence on course standards at the end of the semester during the final evidence of proficiency.
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Fiscal Impact Statement:
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NA
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Implementation and Assessment Plan
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Upon approval by the Board, the Office of Board Governance will make and publish the necessary revisions.
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Recommendation:
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Your Committee recommends that the Board approve the proposed revisions to Administrative Policy and Procedure 7.33, Grading Systems, and Administrative Procedure 7.36, Promotion and Retention of Students, as indicated in the attachments to this item.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Jacqueline M. Mann, Ph.D. - Board Clerk/Chief Officer
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