Section 22-2-8.13 - Standardized statewide grading system. - New Mexico Statutes

22-2-8.13. Standardized statewide grading system.

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 all public schools for grades five through twelve that is aligned with the New Mexico academic content and performance.  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.