Teachers often grapple with the challenge of giving report card grades to students with learning disabilities and English language learners. The authors offer a five-step model that "offers a fair, accurate, and legal way to adapt the grading process for exceptional learners." The model begins with a high-quality reporting system for all students that bases grades on clearly articulated standards for student learning and that provides separate grades for three types of learning criteria: products, processes, and progress. Teachers then follow the five steps to identify standards for which a particular student needs special support, to develop modified standards when necessary, and to assign clear grades on the basis of performance on the modified standards.