Quarter and Final Grades

• A Designates the status of a student who consistently demonstrates accurate and complete knowledge of content and skills specified in the FCPS Program of Studies, and applies that knowledge to solve problems in a variety of settings.
• B+ Designates the status of a student who regularly demonstrates accurate knowledge of content and skills specified in the FCPS Program of Studies, with minor needed improvement, and applies that knowledge to solve problems in a variety of settings.
• B Designates the status of a student who demonstrates knowledge of content and skills specified in the FCPS Program of Studies, with some improvement needed in accuracy and/or consistency in performance, applying that knowledge to solve problems in a variety of settings.
• C+ Designates the status of a student who demonstrates knowledge of basic content and skills specified in the FCPS Program of Studies, but requires additional practice and instructional experiences to refine skills necessary to solve a variety of problems.
• C Designates the status of a student who demonstrates knowledge of basic content and skills specified in the FCPS Program of Studies, but requires additional practice and instructional experiences to acquire skills necessary to solve problems.
• D+ Designates the status of a student who needs additional practice and instructional experiences to acquire the knowledge of basic content and skills specified in the FCPS Program of Studies necessary to solve problems. As a final mark, it is not necessarily sufficient to meet the prerequisite requirements for the next level in a sequence of courses.
• D Designates the status of a student who needs significant practice and instructional experiences to acquire the knowledge of basic content and skills specified in the FCPS Program of Studies necessary to solve problems. As a final mark, it is not necessarily sufficient to meet the prerequisite requirements for the next level in a sequence of courses.
• F Designates the status of a student who has not demonstrated the basic knowledge of content and/or skills specified in the FCPS Program of Studies and requires additional practice and instructional experiences in order to succeed.
• I Designates the status of a student who has not been able to complete tasks that are major components of the quarter grade for reasons considered appropriate by the teacher/team or principal/designee. The student is required to make up work within a specified time period in order to convert this "incomplete" to a grade by the next quarterly progress report.

Interim and Report Card Comments

• A. Uses effective study skills
• B. Participates responsibly
• C. Understands content
• D. Receives accommodation
• E. Warning Not Meeting Benchmarks
• F. Receives modified instruction
• G. Shows improvement
• H. Bring and organize materials
• I. Needs to use assignment books
• J. Parent conference requested
• K. Needs to stay on task
• L. Needs to complete homework
• M. Needs to follow procedures
• N. Inconsistent achievement
• 0. Improve knowledge of content
• P. Needs to improve basic skills
• Q. Needs to improve writing
• R. Improve reading comprehension
• S. Absences affect achievement
• T. Stay after school for help