Nevada School District Implements New Grading Policy: Attendance, Participation, Late Assignments Don’t Matter

A new grading policy has been introduced in Clark County, Nevada, which contains Las Vegas and is the 11^th most populous county in the U.S.

The new policy puts the lowest grade a student could possibly achieve at 50%, meaning students will never get less than half credit on an assignment. Should a student in grades 1-5 score below 50%, they will receive a “W” to indicate they are “working on standards below grade level.” Students grade 6-12 can also receive a “P” for “Passing (to be used for specific courses designated by the Academic Unit.)”