PDFWAC 392-415-050
Grade reporting and calculation system.
(1) The standardized high school transcript shall report the marks/grades earned by students in courses as follows. It is not required to adopt a marking/grading system that uses pluses or minuses or, if adopted, to report pluses or minuses on standardized transcripts.
(a) | A | = | 4.0 | ||
(b) | A- | = | 3.7 | ||
(c) | B+ | = | 3.3 | ||
(d) | B | = | 3.0 | ||
(e) | B- | = | 2.7 | ||
(f) | C+ | = | 2.3 | ||
(g) | C | = | 2.0 | ||
(h) | C- | = | 1.7 | ||
(i) | D+ | = | 1.3 | ||
(j) | D | = | 1.0 | ||
(k) | E or F | = | 0.0 |
(2) The minimal passing mark/grade is D = 1.0. Nonnumerical marks/grades such as pass/fail, pass/no pass, credit/no credit, and satisfactory/unsatisfactory marks also may be used. A mark/grade of "W" shall be used to indicate a withdrawal from a course.
(3) If high school credit is awarded on a competency basis as authorized under state board of education policy WAC 180-51-050(2), the district may use either of the following options for noting the students' performance on the state standardized transcript under WAC 392-415-070:
(a) Determine locally the equivalent passing mark/grade as listed under subsection (1) of this section; or
(b) Designate "pass" or "fail" or "no pass" in the appropriate manner on the transcript.
[Statutory Authority: [RCW 28A.230.125]. WSR 06-23-041, amended and recodified as § 392-415-050, filed 11/7/06, effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.305.220. WSR 03-04-055, § 180-57-050, filed 1/29/03, effective 3/1/03; WSR 01-24-093, § 180-57-050, filed 12/4/01, effective 1/4/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.04.155. WSR 88-13-026 (Order 15-88), § 180-57-050, filed 6/7/88; WSR 85-01-017 (Order 18-84), § 180-57-050, filed 12/10/84.]