Aldine ISD has set new grading guidelines for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The district  established the following grading guidelines:

*The third 9 weeks grading period was completed on March 6, 2020.

*Parents will be able to access third 9 weeks grades on Home Access Center beginning Monday, March 30 (instructions attached in English and Spanish). The Home Access Center (HAC) provides parents and guardians with an online portal to access their student’s schedule, attendance, class work, progress reports, report cards, and discipline information.  Please click on this link  to create a HAC account: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=wm&ogbl#inbox?projector=1

*No grades will be taken during At-Home learning for the time of March 16-April 10. School leaders and teachers are focusing on engagement options for online and non-digital activities. Aldine students have been provided enrichment options for online and non-digital activities.

*Students in Dual Credit/OnRamps courses will continue to take grades for Dual Credit and UT OnRamps courses. The respective institutions (Lone Star College, Harris County Community College and UT OnRamps) are either online now or will be online very soon, and will finish the semester. Teachers will adhere to the Dual Credit/OnRamps partner institution’s grading guidelines and timelines.

*Students who are enrolled in virtual courses for credit recovery through Edgenity or Schoology will continue to progress through these courses to obtain course credit.

*The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has temporarily suspended grade advancement testing requirements for students in grades 5 and 8 (SSI).

*Texas Commissioner of Education Mike Morath suspended STAAR testing for the 2019-2020 school year due to COVID-19. Students in grades 3-8 will not be given STAAR and EOC (End of Course) tests this spring and summer. It should be pointed out that students currently enrolled in EOC-test courses (English I, English II, Algebra I, Biology, and U.S. History) won’t have to complete their corresponding EOC test provided they earn course credit during the 2019-2020 school year.

Parents and students should watch for further communication from Aldine ISD related to grading guidelines, promotion and retention. The district will announce a grading plan for the remainder of the school year in the coming days.