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Anonymous wrote:So happy teachers will finally be expected to return to the student graded work within 10 school days.

I hope this applies to online assessments and essays so they can see what they got wrong. These assessments should be printed out and returned to students.

yes but how is this going to be enforced and what supports are teachers going to be given? Especially English/History/IB.

As a parent, I have found that subject has less to do with prompt grading than the teacher's organization and motivation. Many great English and SS teachers have returned work promptly.

Our history teachers have been the best in terms of teaching, grading, consistency, structure, expectations.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So happy teachers will finally be expected to return to the student graded work within 10 school days.

I hope this applies to online assessments and essays so they can see what they got wrong. These assessments should be printed out and returned to students.

yes but how is this going to be enforced and what supports are teachers going to be given? Especially English/History/IB.

As a parent, I have found that subject has less to do with prompt grading than the teacher's organization and motivation. Many great English and SS teachers have returned work promptly.

Anonymous wrote:So happy teachers will finally be expected to return to the student graded work within 10 school days.

I hope this applies to online assessments and essays so they can see what they got wrong. These assessments should be printed out and returned to students.

yes but how is this going to be enforced and what supports are teachers going to be given? Especially English/History/IB.

So happy teachers will finally be expected to return to the student graded work within 10 school days.

I hope this applies to online assessments and essays so they can see what they got wrong. These assessments should be printed out and returned to students.

I didn’t realize that teachers can change the automatic grade calculation.

I have empathy for teachers who have to implement all of these changes (including returning work and tests) in the face of spoiled children and parents. But I doubt many teachers are concerned with over riding the grade book calculation to reduce a grade.

My just-graduated senior had a class that only met the minimum number of assignments because the teacher split everything into part A and part B, and only 1, 5-point assignment was graded in the 4th quarter before the seniors finished. It was like that all year -- the students never had any idea where they stood -- and I think that particular teacher will need to really regroup to meet the new expectations.

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Anonymous wrote:The finalized updated to the regulation has been published and is effective 8/26/25.

And they didn't address the rounding question. So, probably a semester average of 89.5 will still round up to an A.

It probably depends on the teacher. One class my kid got a 89.7 and it as still a B. Zero consistency.

The only way that’s possible is that the teacher overrode it. Synergy automatically rounds up.

DP. That sounds about right. There's a bitter teacher or two out there.

As a teacher, by the time I get to a final percentage, I have given so many opportunities for work to improve (test corrections, re-writes, etc.) that I feel no obligation to "round up." That doesn't make me bitter, it makes me someone who wants grades to reflect reality.

Rounding up is standard protocol. What you’re doing doesn’t reflect “reality;” it’s unnecessarily punitive. Your feelings regarding rounding up should play absolutely no role in a student’s grade.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The finalized updated to the regulation has been published and is effective 8/26/25.

And they didn't address the rounding question. So, probably a semester average of 89.5 will still round up to an A.

It probably depends on the teacher. One class my kid got a 89.7 and it as still a B. Zero consistency.

The only way that’s possible is that the teacher overrode it. Synergy automatically rounds up.

DP. That sounds about right. There's a bitter teacher or two out there.

As a teacher, by the time I get to a final percentage, I have given so many opportunities for work to improve (test corrections, re-writes, etc.) that I feel no obligation to "round up." That doesn't make me bitter, it makes me someone who wants grades to reflect reality.

You don’t have to round up. The program does it automatically.

You would have to round down intentionally. Not worth the trouble, IMO.

I only manually adjust the grade calculation for transfers because we don’t have their prior letter grade linked to our course ID.

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The finalized updated to the regulation has been published and is effective 8/26/25.

And they didn't address the rounding question. So, probably a semester average of 89.5 will still round up to an A.

It probably depends on the teacher. One class my kid got a 89.7 and it as still a B. Zero consistency.

The only way that’s possible is that the teacher overrode it. Synergy automatically rounds up.

DP. That sounds about right. There's a bitter teacher or two out there.

As a teacher, by the time I get to a final percentage, I have given so many opportunities for work to improve (test corrections, re-writes, etc.) that I feel no obligation to "round up." That doesn't make me bitter, it makes me someone who wants grades to reflect reality.

That's great you do, but you realize not all teachers do that, and that's what is unfair, as some teachers' grading is horrible, while others are more flexible. This teacher only gave about 10 assignments per semester each worth 10 points and they'd always mark something down so it was impossible to get more than a 9/10 and the teacher missed a lot of days so others were grading who were even more inconsistent. There were no test corrections, rewrites, nothing. This was for a regular class.

Subjective grading has always been true. There are also subjective bosses. It is something that kids have to deal with.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The finalized updated to the regulation has been published and is effective 8/26/25.

And they didn't address the rounding question. So, probably a semester average of 89.5 will still round up to an A.

It probably depends on the teacher. One class my kid got a 89.7 and it as still a B. Zero consistency.

The only way that’s possible is that the teacher overrode it. Synergy automatically rounds up.

DP. That sounds about right. There's a bitter teacher or two out there.

As a teacher, by the time I get to a final percentage, I have given so many opportunities for work to improve (test corrections, re-writes, etc.) that I feel no obligation to "round up." That doesn't make me bitter, it makes me someone who wants grades to reflect reality.

That's great you do, but you realize not all teachers do that, and that's what is unfair, as some teachers' grading is horrible, while others are more flexible. This teacher only gave about 10 assignments per semester each worth 10 points and they'd always mark something down so it was impossible to get more than a 9/10 and the teacher missed a lot of days so others were grading who were even more inconsistent. There were no test corrections, rewrites, nothing. This was for a regular class.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The finalized updated to the regulation has been published and is effective 8/26/25.

And they didn't address the rounding question. So, probably a semester average of 89.5 will still round up to an A.

It probably depends on the teacher. One class my kid got a 89.7 and it as still a B. Zero consistency.

The only way that’s possible is that the teacher overrode it. Synergy automatically rounds up.

DP. That sounds about right. There's a bitter teacher or two out there.

As a teacher, by the time I get to a final percentage, I have given so many opportunities for work to improve (test corrections, re-writes, etc.) that I feel no obligation to "round up." That doesn't make me bitter, it makes me someone who wants grades to reflect reality.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The finalized updated to the regulation has been published and is effective 8/26/25.

And they didn't address the rounding question. So, probably a semester average of 89.5 will still round up to an A.

It probably depends on the teacher. One class my kid got a 89.7 and it as still a B. Zero consistency.

The only way that’s possible is that the teacher overrode it. Synergy automatically rounds up.

DP. That sounds about right. There's a bitter teacher or two out there.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The finalized updated to the regulation has been published and is effective 8/26/25.

And they didn't address the rounding question. So, probably a semester average of 89.5 will still round up to an A.

It probably depends on the teacher. One class my kid got a 89.7 and it as still a B. Zero consistency.

The only way that’s possible is that the teacher overrode it. Synergy automatically rounds up.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The finalized updated to the regulation has been published and is effective 8/26/25.

And they didn't address the rounding question. So, probably a semester average of 89.5 will still round up to an A.

It probably depends on the teacher. One class my kid got a 89.7 and it as still a B. Zero consistency.

For the quarter or the semester?

Second, the first one was 89.??? but the teacher had terrible and unreasonable grading practices that made no sense.

Doesn't the system automatically assign the grade for the semester based on the raw percentage?

The system in place through this past year automatically assigned the grade for the marking period (quarter) based on the percentage. Then the semester grade was determined by the two marking period letter grades, per the chart.

I just read the OP. This is completely standard and how MOST schools in the country work! lol!