Here are some updates from Richardson ISD’s School Times:
Richardson ISD’s at-home Learning will not have any impact on the 2020 honor graduates including valedictorians, salutatorians and and the top 10.
Longstanding RISD policy dictates that all valedictorians, salutatorians and every student’s class rank is based on grades at the end of the third nine-week period, which was the Friday before spring break.
At Monday’s board of trustees meeting, Superintendent Jeannie Stone said, “Nothing will be taken away from our students based on the current situation that we are in.”
Grades for the final nine-weeks for all RISD students will be pass/fail (pass is considered 100 and fail is considered 69 for all grades).
For the final grading period, students will receive either a 100 to indicate a passing grade or a 69 to show a failure. The second semester grade will be calculated by taking 60% of the third nine-week grade and 40% of the final nine-week period grade.
This second semester grade will be calculated into the student’s final GPA in alignment with current RISD policy. Grades for first and second semesters will appear on transcripts.
Parents can monitor online work teachers are assigning through the Focus portal, and teachers will provide feedback on the work when grading the assignments.
Teachers will contact parents of students who are not completing online learning lessons to determine if there are accessibility issues or other challenges that the RISD staff may be able to help overcome.
Students who do not receive course credit will have the opportunity to re-gain credit through the normal RISD credit recovery process during the summer or next school year.
Testing update
In March, the state waived the STAAR testing requirements for the 2019-2020 school year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more.
ACT district testing for juniors that was on April 4 has been rescheduled to June 13. Learn more.
The College Board canceled its exam scheduled for May 2 and will refund students who already registered. Learn more. AP will now be administered through a secure 45-minute online free-response test for each course, according to The College Board.
The full exam schedule and specific free-response question types that will appear on each AP exam are now available through The College Board website.
RISD teachers are working with students to prepare them for this new testing format. The College Board is also providing free AP review classes. Click here for more info.
