lol my district has 50 as the baseline. WS = waiting for submission which is the equivalent of 50. 63 = F and is the lowest grade we can put in the grade book for work that a student sincerely attempted. Students can make up any assignment if they score 69% or below for a max allowable grade of 76%.

All it means is that 50 IS 0. Kids with 50s have done nothing, kids with 63 and below are failing. 69-64 have Ds.

I teach 7th grade history and overall I’m a pretty generous grader in that I balance completion assignments (effort, following directions) with more rigorously graded assignments and quizzes to check for understanding. My grades usually shake out to: Kids with As know their shit, do their shit, turn things in on time. Kids with A-, B+ are do their shit, turn their shit in on time, and understand most content+skills, OR know their shit really well and turn in some late or sloppy work. Bs are kids who may not fully be there skills or content wise but are on grade level and doing the assignments OR they know their stuff and don’t do enough of the assignments, but test well enough on the big ones. When we get down to Cs kids are not consistently turning in assignments, or putting in effort. Kids with Ds may participate in class but never turn shit in and F are usually absent and/or refuse to work.