The department shall adopt and promulgate rules to establish a standardized alphabetic or numeric grading system based on the 4.0 scale or one hundred percent scale to be used by public schools, including charter schools, for grades three through twelve that is aligned with the New Mexico academic content standards and benchmarks and performance standards. A public school shall include the results of standards-based assessments in the standardized grading system and may augment the standardized grading system with a narrative or other method that measures a student's academic, social, behavioral or other skills.
History: Laws 2007, ch. 255, § 1; 2011, ch. 54, § 1.
The 2011 amendment, effective June 17, 2011, added public school grades three and four and charter school grades three through twelve to the required standardized alphabetic or numeric grading system.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 2 - Public Education Department and Commission
Section 22-2-1 - Secretary and department; general powers.
Section 22-2-2 - Department; general duties.
Section 22-2-2.1 - Additional department duties; waiver of certain requirements.
Section 22-2-2.2 - Commission; duties.
Section 22-2-6.1 - Recompiled.
Section 22-2-6.2 - Recompiled.
Section 22-2-6.3 - Recompiled.
Section 22-2-6.4 - Recompiled.
Section 22-2-6.5 - Recompiled.
Section 22-2-6.6 - Recompiled.
Section 22-2-6.7 - Recompiled.
Section 22-2-6.8 - Recompiled.
Section 22-2-6.9 - Recompiled.
Section 22-2-6.10 - Recompiled.
Section 22-2-6.11 - Recompiled.
Section 22-2-6.12 - Recompiled.
Section 22-2-8 - School standards.
Section 22-2-8.1 - School year; length of school day; minimum.
Section 22-2-8.2 - Recompiled.
Section 22-2-8.4 - Recompiled.
Section 22-2-8.6 - Recompiled.
Section 22-2-8.7 - Recompiled.
Section 22-2-8.8 - High school equivalency credential.
Section 22-2-8.11 - High school curricula and end-of-course tests; alignment.
Section 22-2-8.13 - Standardized statewide grading system.
Section 22-2-9 - United States [and New Mexico] flag[s]; display regulations.
Section 22-2-10 - Educational research reports.
Section 22-2-14 - Local school boards; public schools; suspension; procedures.