STUART — The Martin County School Board has approved updates to the district’s Student Progression Plan (SPP), outlining new standards for student placement, promotion, retention and graduation. The changes, adopted during the board’s Oct. 21 meeting, are intended to ensure consistent grading practices and support student academic success across the district.
Among the revisions is a change to the district’s grading policy that lowers the minimum possible grade from 50% to 0%. Previously, the lowest grade a student could receive was 50%. Moving forward, missing assignments or assessments will be entered as a “Z” in the gradebook until the end of the designated make-up period, when they will be converted to a zero if not completed.
The district will continue to use a five-point grading scale in accordance with Florida statute, assigning numerical values of 4 for an A, 3 for a B, 2 for a C, 1 for a D and 0 for an F…