2.7 STUDENT EVALUATION (CLASSIFICATION)

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A pupil’s educational progress in compulsory and optional subjects is evaluated by assigning grades. The pupil’s grades are recorded throughout the whole school year in the pupils‘ grade books (these can take the form of an actual paper book or an electronic information system). The first year (from 1. 9. 2027) and second year (from 1. 9. 2028) educational progress is subject to a verbal evaluation.

!The legal guardian (parent) has the obligation to regularly check the child‘s grades.

In the middle of the school year (after the first half-year term) and at the end of the year, the pupils receive report cards with an evaluation of their performance. The values on the grading scale are expressed either in numbers or words:
1 – excellent 2 – very good 3 – good 4 – satisfactory 5 – fail

If the grades on their report card are all between 1–4, the pupil has passed (successfully completed that grade). If, at the end of the school year, a pupil has the grade “5 – fail” in at least one compulsory subject, they have failed and must take a make-up exam in that subject. Pupils who were not classified at the end of the year must also take the make-up exam.

! It is possible to repeat a year only once during each stage of school.

!If there are doubts as to the accuracy of the evaluation at the end of each half-year term, a legal guardian may, within 3 days, ask the school director or the relevant regional authority for a review of the evaluation.

EVALUATION OF PUPILS WITH A DIFFERENT NATIVE LANGUAGE

! When evaluating a pupil with a different native language, the school must take into consideration the level of their Czech language skills.

To achieve an accurate evaluation, it is recommended to prepare an Educational Support Plan (ESP) or Individual Educational Plan (IEP). The pupil is then gradually integrated into lessons based on either of these plans, which also specify how the pupil will be evaluated. The plan determines learning objectives and how to achieve them, indicating what the pupil should learn over a specific time period. The pupil is then evaluated on this basis. Evaluations can also take a merely verbal form.
It is not possible to evaluate newcomers with a different L1 in the same way as other pupils in the class.
The school may also choose not to evaluate the pupil in the first half-year term.

BEHAVIORAL EVALUATION
The pupil’s behaviour at school and during school events is also evaluated. This is the scale of the evaluation on the report card:
1 – Very good (this grade is expected)
2 – Satisfactory (this grade shows that the pupil’s behaviour is inappropriate and that they have repeatedly violated school policy. Receiving this lower grade is preceded by a class teacher’s warning and by class teacher‘s and school director’s letters of reprimand)
3 – Unsatisfactory (the pupil has grossly and repeatedly violated school policy)