Grading Policies

Scoring and Grading:

All scoring and grading will follow the district’s rubric, as explained below:

4 – Exemplary: The student demonstrates an exemplary and deeper understanding of, and ability to consistently apply, the knowledge and skills beyond what is specified in the standards. Student communicates understanding of content with extraordinary clarity and depth. Student work is accurate, complete, and thorough.

3 – Proficient: The student demonstrates a proficient understanding of, and ability to apply, the knowledge and skills specified in the standards. Student sufficiently communicates understanding of content. The overall quality of completed work is relatively error free and generally accurate and complete.

2 – Developing: The student demonstrates a developing understanding of, and ability to apply, the knowledge and skills specified in the standards. Student inconsistently communicates understanding of content. Student work shows some inaccuracies that affect the overall quality.

1 – Beginning: The student demonstrates a beginning understanding of, and ability to apply, the knowledge and skills specified in the standards. Student struggles to communicate understanding of content. Work may not reflect the lesson objective.

For daily work, number grades (IE: 9/10 = nine out of ten possible are correct) and symbol grades ( + Excellent, ✔ Average, - Unacceptable) are also given.

* Please understand that while we would like all children to receive 4's, a score of 3 means the child is at grade level.

* Curriculum is developed following the State and District Standards. These standards will be discussed in class and will be addressed in the comments section of the Report Card.

* All assignments will be checked for completion, but some work may not be scored nor commented on.

More information about the new report card may be found here:

https://sites.google.com/a/cusdk8.org/cusd-common-core-report-card/