Purpose of Assessment
✪ to promote student understanding and achievement
✪ continual process of gathering and analyzing evidence of learning
Types of Assessment
✪ a variety of strategies and tools, both formative and summative
✪ Students engage in self-assessment, peer assessment and reflection.
Formative Assessments = Feedback/Practice
✪ carried out over the course of each unit, using rubrics, exemplars and other
teaching strategies
✪ tracking student progress toward established goals or standards
✪ provides teachers with essential feedback about the teaching and learning environment
✪ given as practice and may or may not be graded
Summative Assessments = Final Results
✪ carried out at the end of each unit, trimester, or course
✪ serve as one measurement of student progress toward
mastering the course or grade level standards
✪ designed to assess a student’s ability to apply knowledge and skills to new questions and contexts
For Upper School students (Grades 6 – 12), there are:
• Formal reports with letter grades at the end of each trimester
• One mid-trimester progress report on student progress in September
• Two additional mid-trimester reports for students of concern
• Two conferences (fall and spring)
Grades are intended to provide feedback to students and parents about student
learning. They should be accurate, consistent, meaningful and supportive of
learning.
✪ to promote student understanding and achievement
✪ continual process of gathering and analyzing evidence of learning
Types of Assessment
✪ a variety of strategies and tools, both formative and summative
✪ Students engage in self-assessment, peer assessment and reflection.
Formative Assessments = Feedback/Practice
✪ carried out over the course of each unit, using rubrics, exemplars and other
teaching strategies
✪ tracking student progress toward established goals or standards
✪ provides teachers with essential feedback about the teaching and learning environment
✪ given as practice and may or may not be graded
Summative Assessments = Final Results
✪ carried out at the end of each unit, trimester, or course
✪ serve as one measurement of student progress toward
mastering the course or grade level standards
✪ designed to assess a student’s ability to apply knowledge and skills to new questions and contexts
For Upper School students (Grades 6 – 12), there are:
• Formal reports with letter grades at the end of each trimester
• One mid-trimester progress report on student progress in September
• Two additional mid-trimester reports for students of concern
• Two conferences (fall and spring)
Grades are intended to provide feedback to students and parents about student
learning. They should be accurate, consistent, meaningful and supportive of
learning.
Assessment Practices in Action
Domains such as behavior, attitude, and effort are assessed both by the teacher and the student and are reported separately from academic achievement grades.
Homework
In most cases homework is not graded. However, there are times when students work on long-term projects that are assessed summatively or at the end of a unit or reporting cycle.
Homework completion and responsibility are reported separately from academic achievement grades.
Late or Incomplete Work
When students have not completed enough work to demonstrate understanding, They may be given an “I” for incomplete until the work has been completed.
Teachers work closely with students, colleagues, and parents to ensure that late work and assignments do not ‘pile up,’ and to ensure that parents are aware of a student’s incomplete status.
Teachers may issue an “I” for a semester or final grade if the student has not completed all major assignments.
Domains such as behavior, attitude, and effort are assessed both by the teacher and the student and are reported separately from academic achievement grades.
Homework
In most cases homework is not graded. However, there are times when students work on long-term projects that are assessed summatively or at the end of a unit or reporting cycle.
Homework completion and responsibility are reported separately from academic achievement grades.
Late or Incomplete Work
When students have not completed enough work to demonstrate understanding, They may be given an “I” for incomplete until the work has been completed.
Teachers work closely with students, colleagues, and parents to ensure that late work and assignments do not ‘pile up,’ and to ensure that parents are aware of a student’s incomplete status.
Teachers may issue an “I” for a semester or final grade if the student has not completed all major assignments.