If a school grants academic amnesty or grade forgiveness, how are forgiven grades treated in the SAP calculation?

If a school grants academic amnesty or grade forgiveness, how are forgiven grades treated in the SAP calculation?

• A. Excluded from the SAP calculation
• B. Excluded from the qualitative portion of SAP calculation only
• C. Never excluded from the SAP calculation
• D. Excluded from both portions of SAP calculation

Answer: (C)

In SAP evaluation, progress is checked against two things: the GPA-based quality measure and the pace measure (credits earned vs. credits attempted). When a school uses academic amnesty or grade forgiveness, the forgiven coursework remains on the student’s official record. Because that record is what SAP uses to judge progress, those forgiven grades are not removed from the SAP calculation. They stay part of the data used for both measures, so forgiven grades are included rather than excluded. The credits from those courses still count toward attempted credits for the pace calculation, and the overall record continues to reflect the completed coursework. In short, forgiven grades are never excluded from the SAP calculation.

In SAP evaluation, progress is checked against two things: the GPA-based quality measure and the pace measure (credits earned vs. credits attempted). When a school uses academic amnesty or grade forgiveness, the forgiven coursework remains on the student’s official record. Because that record is what SAP uses to judge progress, those forgiven grades are not removed from the SAP calculation. They stay part of the data used for both measures, so forgiven grades are included rather than excluded. The credits from those courses still count toward attempted credits for the pace calculation, and the overall record continues to reflect the completed coursework. In short, forgiven grades are never excluded from the SAP calculation.