Dismissal criteria state that if the student does not successfully perform the Procedure Evaluation on the third attempt or before the end of the semester, what happens to existing grades?

• A. The existing performance evaluation grades will be averaged together and the student will be dismissed
• B. The student will be placed on probation
• C. The student may retake the evaluation next year
• D. The student’s grades will be reset to zero

Answer: (A)

The idea being tested is how dismissal decisions are calculated when a student can’t demonstrate competency after multiple tries. If the Procedure Evaluation isn’t passed by the third attempt or by the end of the semester, the policy uses the scores from the existing evaluation attempts and averages them to determine the outcome, and dismissal results. Averaging these attempts provides a single, fair summary of performance across multiple opportunities, showing whether the student has consistently met the required level of competence. It also reinforces that repeated attempts are considered, rather than singling out a single try as the final judgment.

Probation isn’t the stated outcome in this scenario, and retaking next year would delay the dismissal decision rather than finalize it. Resetting grades to zero would discard the prior attempts, which contradicts averaging the existing grades.