2330.01 - EXTRA CREDIT
The School Board acknowledges the educational validity of extra-credit assignments as adjuncts to and extensions of the instructional program of the schools in grades K to 12.
"Extra Credit" shall refer to additional and voluntary assignments to be prepared outside of the school by the student or independently while in attendance at school.
The Superintendent shall develop administrative guidelines for the assignment of extra credit according to these guidelines:
Extra credit should be a properly planned part of the curriculum to extend and reinforce the learning experience.
Extra credit should help students learn by providing practice in the mastery of skills, experience in data gathering, and integration of knowledge, and an opportunity to remediate or enrich learning.
Extra credit should help develop the student's sense of responsibility by providing an opportunity for the exercise of independent work and judgment.
As a valid educational tool, extra credit should be assigned with clear direction and its product carefully evaluated.
Extra credit should always serve a valid learning purpose; it should never be used as a punitive measure and/or to inflate a failing grade.