Assessment in CESD

CESD's AP 3 – 22 Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting of Student Learning  Administrative Procedure

In particular, focus on  procedures

3. The assessment and evaluation of student learning in Chinook’s Edge School Division schools shall be viewed as an ongoing process, serving both formative and summative functions.

4. A variety of assessment methods shall be used to ensure comprehensive, reliable and valid evaluation of student performance. 

5. Teachers shall ensure that students are informed about the learning targets, the standards or criteria that will be used for assessment, and the means of evaluation. In addition, parents or guardians shall have access to this same information. 

6. The evaluation of student progress shall be based upon the curriculum outcomes as outlined in the Alberta Program of Studies. 

7. Grade practices must ensure the accurate measurement of learning as defined by curriculum outcomes and not behaviour. 

8. Teachers, under the leadership of the Principal, will establish consistent, student success-driven processes to support and ensure completion of student work, and to develop and implement alternatives to zero, and late marks, through the pyramid of intervention.