QUARTER 4 ASSESSMENT

1. Students will receive ongoing feedback on their progress toward 2-3 essential skills in each subject area.

2. Teachers will assess progress toward the essential skills using a common rubric.

3. At the end of Quarter 4, students will get a progress note and narrative comments in:

   1. Math

   2. ELA

   3. Science*

   4. Social studies*

*6th grade teachers/teams may choose not to teach or assess science or social studies separately, but instead, integrate into other subject areas.

Semester classes

Students have not had sufficient time to demonstrate a body of evidence of learning for second-semester courses. Thus teachers may not be able to provide accurate scores for learning targets in second-semester courses at this time, so students will receive one of the following scores:

1. Not yet making satisfactory progress

2. Making satisfactory progress

3. Making exceptional progress

Algebra and French will have separate grading guidelines. Families who have students in these classes will be getting an additional letter.

END-OF-YEAR GRADES

Q1-Q3 grades will be averaged as usual. Teachers will add points to the Q1-Q3 average as follows:

• Not yet making satisfactory progress: average for Q1-Q3 remains as is.

• Making satisfactory progress: Students showed growth that is consistent with previous quarters; teachers use discretion in leaving the average for Q1-Q3 as is, or “bumping” up to ⅓ letter grade (example: from B to B+).

• Making exceptional progress: Students making exceptional effort and growth relative to previous quarters; teachers use discretion adding up to 1 letter grade (example: from B to A).