Honors/Gifted/Advanced Placement (AP) Points

Students enrolled in Honors/Gifted/AP classes not eligible for five quality points as per Act 359 of the 2013 Louisiana Legislative session and Act 733 of the 2014 Legislative session shall continue to have additional percentage points added to each quarter grade as stated by the District’s PPP.

Excerpt from the Pupil Progression Plan—

Weighted grades for honors and gifted/AP courses at the high school level are weighted by the awarding of additional percentage points not quality points.  Students who earn an A in an honors course are awarded 7 additional percentage points to each quarter grade; students who earn a B are awarded 5 additional percentage points to each quarter grade; and students who earn a C are awarded 3 additional percentage points to each quarter grade.  Students who earn a D or F in an honors course receive no additional percentage points.

Students enrolled in classes that are eligible for five quality points as per Act 359 of the 2013 Louisiana Legislative session and Act 733 of the 2014 Louisiana Legislative session shall not be eligible for additional percentage points in Honors/Gifted/Talented/Advanced Placement classes.

Students entering 9^th grade in 2014-15 and graduating in the 2017 – 18 school year and thereafter  enrolled in classes that are eligible for five quality points as per Act 359 of the 2013 Louisiana Legislative session and Act 733 of the 2014 Legislative session shall not be eligible for additional percentage points in Honors/Gifted/Advanced Placement classes.

Teachers of courses eligible for quality points shall not add additional points of any nature to students’ quarterly or exam grades. Teachers will set up PowerTeacher in a manner in which quality points will be added to students’ grades in order to be used in the calculation of grade point averages (GPA). GPA will be included on students’ transcripts.

Quality points are designated as follows:

Letter Grade “A” = 5 quality points

Letter Grade “B” = 4 quality points

Letter Grade “C” = 3 quality points

Letter Grade “D” = 2 quality points

Letter Grade “F” = 0 quality points

Note that it is possible in the 2015-16 and the 2016-17 school years, for a teacher’s class to include both students who receive quality points and students who receive additional honors points. For example, an AP Human Geography class may be made up of mostly freshmen but yet include some sophomores, juniors, and seniors in the same class period. In this case, the freshmen (entering high school in the fall of 2014) and the sophomores (entering high school in the fall of 2014) will receive quality points while the juniors and seniors will receive additional honors points.