Grading Scale

A - 100-90   Excellent

 

B - 89-80   Good

 

C - 79-70   Fair

 

D - 69-60   Passing

 

F - 59   Failure

Grading Expectations

 

Teachers should plan to post grades in Grade Book by core subject according to the following criteria:

 

Category

Summative Assessments (35%)

Final assessment of mastery or proficiency, which comes at the end of a unit of learning. Because summative assessments are meant to be end of unit measures, they are meant to have a larger weighted value of grade. Possible summative assessments could include:

 

Final project (portfolios, presentation, powerpoints)

Unit end exam

Essay

Lab Report

Musical Performance

Art Exhibit

Presentations

Research project/paper

Unit end performance tasks

 

# of grades/time: 2-4/quarter Minimum- 1 before progress report

 

Formative Assessments (55%)

Assignments and assessments completed on the way to mastery or proficiency. These are used to check understanding and adjust learning plans. Some possible formative grades, which will take place mostly in the classroom, but may include independent work, could include:

 

Exit slips

Worksheets

Q&A in class

Projects

One minute essay (answer a focused question whose answer will tell you if student understood lesson)

Mid-point quiz (to assess understanding)

Anecdotal records

Compass Learning, ThinkCERCA, TTM

Observations

Student self assessments

Daily rubric (participation, preparedness, citizenship)

 

# of grades/time: 1/week minimum

 

Homework (10%)

Daily work you send home with students to practice what has been taught in class. Homework is intended to reinforce what has been worked on in the classroom with teacher and classmates; it is part of the gradual release of responsibility (this is a type of formative assessment).

 

# of grades/time: 1/week minimum