Grading Procedures

GRADING AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

WVL utilizes standards-based practices in the grading of assessments. Assessments will take the form of formative and summative. Formative assessments are designed to help students learn the material. These are practices. Summative assessments are designed to measure the level of growth of each student. These are the end assessments, or tests, for a unit. The summative assessments make up 90% of the overall grade for a semester, while the formative assessments make up the other 10%. Teacher graded activities include, but are not limited to:

• Formative
  • Quizzes
  • Discussion board
  • Labs
  • Practice questions
  • Discussion videos
  • Interactive tools
• Summative 
  • Tests
  • Projects
  • Essays
  • Presentations
  • Student created outcomes
  • Portfolios

GRADING

Cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) is determined by dividing the number of grade points achieved by the number of cumulative GPA credits received. GPA is calculated at the conclusion of each semester using the final grade for each class

GRADE POINTS:   

A     4.000             B+     3.333           C+     2.333           D+     1.333           F     0.000
A-    3.667             B       3.000           C       2.000           D        1.000                                          
                               B-      2.667           C-     1.667            D-       0.667

GRADING SCALE:

A     100-93                B+      89.99-87           C+    79.99-77           D+     69.99-67           F   59.99 and below
A-    92.99-90             B         86.99-83           C      76.99-73           D       66.99-63                                   
                                     B-       82.99-80           C-     72.99-70           D-      62.99-60

GPA CALCULATION

All subjects, classes, and grades are factored into a student’s GPA calculation, with the following exceptions:

• Classes taken and grades earned at a college/university/technical college are not factored into a student’s GPA (this includes Early College Credit Program (ECCP).
• High school courses taken during middle school are not factored into a student’s GPA.
• Grade marks of P, S, U, M, and INC are not factored into a student’s GPA.
• Grades from study abroad programs and/or earned in another country will be entered as an “S” on the transcript produced by WVL, unless there is evidence that the teacher the student received instruction and grade from had a valid Wisconsin teaching license (in the content area the student received a grade for) for the duration of the time the student was schooling with that teacher.

CLASS RANK

Wisconsin virtual learning (WVL) does not supply the rank of its students. Because of our smaller class sizes, we have found supplying rank to colleges/universities presents a significant disadvantage for our students attempting to gain admittance. If students take advantage of our college preparatory curriculum and dedicate themselves to their studies, they will meet and exceed the minimum requirements for admission into many of the well-respected post-secondary institutions across the country. Class rank will be utilized for internal and administrative purposes only.

HONOR ROLL

Honor Roll is published at the end of each semester. Students with a GPA of 3.50 and above receive High Honors and students with a GPA of 3.00 to 3.49 receive Honors. Students are required to complete a minimum of 5 courses to be considered for the honor roll. 

GRADE LEVEL

High school students advance through grade levels in sequential order, regardless of the number of credits they’ve acquired (an exception may be a student who formally skips ahead a grade level – this determination is made after careful consideration and discussion between family, the student, staff, and administration). Students who transfer into WVL are placed into their age-appropriate grade level. Students of junior status (11th grade) who plan to graduate a year early – at the end of their junior year – are not considered to be of senior status and may not have the same eligibility or opportunities associated with being a senior.

SENIOR STATUS

Students are considered to have reached “senior” status when 1) they have reached the age-appropriate grade level or 2) they have followed proper protocol to advance a grade level to be considered a senior through administrative approval.