Fort Worth ISD students will receive pass/fail grades due to coronavirus closure
Fort Worth public school students will receive a pass or fail grade for the rest of the school year and class ranks will be based on grades received during the first semester, officials announced Thursday afternoon.
Students will receive at least one assignment a week, according to the district’s statement.
Fort Worth schools have been closed since March 7, first for Spring Break and then in response to the novel coronavirus.
Fort Worth school officials said teachers will begin to “monitor student progress” on April 6 to assign passing or failing grades.
The school district said:
▪ Students in first through eighth grades will be promoted based on their average grade of the first through fourth grading periods.
▪ High school students will receive credit for the second semester for each class if they have a passing grade.
▪ Report cards for the fifth grading cycle will be posted to Focus on April 22.
▪ GPAs and class rank for high school students won’t include grades from the second semester this year.
▪ Valedictorians, salutatorians and local honors for graduating seniors will be based on class ranks and GPAs from the first semester.
▪ The school district hasn’t made any decisions about graduation ceremonies.
Last two six weeks
Teachers are entering grades already completed by students before Spring Break. That will determine either a pass or fail grade for the fifth-grading cycle. Students need a 70 or above to pass.
Teachers will work with students who have failing grades to provide makeup work, alternate assignments or enrichment activities to help bring their grades up.
Students have until April 10 to complete and turn in any assignments for the fifth grading period.
After that, they’ll move on to the sixth and final grading period of this school year.
High school students will not take final semester exams.
And promotion for elementary and middle school students will be based on their grades from the first four six week periods.
More information is available at fwisd.org.
This story was originally published April 2, 2020 at 4:18 PM.
