NCVPS teachers must adhere to the NCVPS grading guidelines, practices, and procedures, which can be found in our Grading and Testing Quick Reference Guide. NCVPS teachers cannot adjust their NCVPS grading guidelines, practices, or procedures based on a local school’s or district’s policy.
Grade Reporting & Testing Highlights
- Progress reports are posted in the registration system every two weeks during the fall and spring (every week during the summer).
- Progress reports are not weighted grades. We report one final cumulative grade at the end of the term.
- Because our progress grades are not weighted, schools should not use them to generate weighted Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 (or your district’s variation) or Midterm and End term report card grades. Most schools only record NCVPS final grades in PowerSchool.
- Check the Comments section of the progress report to see if the teacher needs any student information.
- NCVPS does not report grades for co-teaching courses (OCS and intervention). The classroom teacher determines the grade.
- Schools must administer all state exams, CTE certifications, and AP exams.
- NCVPS does not cover the cost of CTE certifications or AP exams.
- NCVPS reports three grades on its final grade report with the following weights: classwork: 80%, final exam/project: 20%, final average. For courses that have a state test, NCVPS only reports the classwork grade on its final grade report. Schools must administer the state test and then calculate the final average.
- Schools may recalculate the final overall grade by adjusting the weighting of the final exam/project to align with local policies.
Classwork Grading Highlights
- NCVPS teachers give actual grades (0-100) on individual assignments.
- A zero is entered into the Canvas gradebook if a student has not submitted the work by its due date. Students can submit late work and replace the zero until the module closes.
- Students have a grace period when they start a course. Teachers will not record a zero for a missed assignment for the first two weeks that a student is in the course. After students have been enrolled for two weeks (one week for summer), teachers will begin recording zeros in the grade book for missing assignments after the assignment due date passes.
- NCVPS does not deduct points for late work. Teachers will evaluate and assess the work for academic achievement. However, if a student does not turn in an assignment, the student will receive a zero after the due date.
- If students do not submit the assignment by the close of the module, the grade will remain a zero.
- Note: Some courses have daily due dates, others have weekly due dates, and a few have bi-weekly due dates. Students need to be aware of this and follow the due dates for each course.
- The school’s ELA should contact the teacher if there are circumstances that prevent the student from working. Our teachers are always willing to work with students in difficult situations, while at the same time keeping them on pace to complete the course.
Exam Exemptions
NCVPS teachers are expected to give final exams or final projects in non-EOC courses and CTE courses that require teacher-made exams. If your district has a policy to exempt seniors (or others) from final exams, here is the NCVPS process.
- Notify your students and the NCVPS teachers that your students will not take the final exam based on your district’s or charter school’s policy.
- On the NCVPS final grade report, we report three grades: Classwork (80%), Final Exam (20%), Final Grade.
- If your district exempts students from final exams, you will only use the Classwork grade for your student’s final grade.
- You will not record our Final Exam grade and the Final Grade for exempted students.
- In addition, schools may recalculate the final overall grade by adjusting the weighting of the final exam/project to align with local policies.
