NEPN/NSBA Code:  IK

EVALUATION OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

Effective evaluation of student achievement is essential to the instructional process, the certification of student progress towards meeting the content standards of the system of Learning Results, the tracking of progress toward individual and district learning goals, and communication between schools and parents.  

Evaluation of student achievement provides staff with information important to assessing students’ individual educational needs, providing appropriate instruction, and identifying learning problems and areas in which remediation is required.  Sharing of information among parents, staff, and students is an integral part of the evaluation process.

Consistent with its local assessment system, Lewiston Public Schools will use multiple assessments, both informal and formal, at the classroom, school, and district levels to evaluate each student’s achievement and to monitor their progress toward meeting proficiency in the content standards and the Guiding Principles of the Learning Results.  Assessments over the course of each school year shall include formats that allow students to demonstrate in different ways what they know and are able to do.  Students should have multiple and varied opportunities to practice, apply, and demonstrate their knowledge and skills.

Individual classroom assessments may include, but are not limited to, student tests, quizzes, reports, demonstrations, presentations, artifacts, laboratory work, writing samples, teacher observations, portfolio constructions, and student self-assessments.

School and district assessments may include “common assessments” designed to provide consistent evaluation and reporting of student knowledge and skills in the same content areas across same-grade classrooms within the school and same-grade classrooms and grade spans within the district.  

Large-scale assessments will include those required for the purpose of determining whether the school has achieved “annual measurable objectives” for federal reporting purposes, and may include other nationally normed standardized achievement tests. 

COMMUNICATING INFORMATION CONCERNING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT 

Teachers should provide students and parents with timely information concerning student performance and, if applicable, the need for the student to participate in remediation and/or additional instruction.

Parents shall be informed at regular intervals of their child’s academic progress. 

Students and parents will be notified by the end of the third quarter/trimester if the student may not advance to the next grade because they have not met the content standards of the Learning Results for the student’s grade span and/or other reasons, or if the student may not qualify for a high school diploma because they have not met the required standards.

Parents/guardians shall have access to their child’s progress on at least a trimester (Grades Pre K-8) or quarterly (Grades 9-12) basis. These may be supplemented as appropriate through mid-ranking period reports, conferences, student information system access, and/or other appropriate means so as to maintain open communications with parents/guardians concerning the educational development of their child.

Legal Reference: 20-A M.R.S.A. § 6209

Ch. 127 (Me. Dept. of Ed. Rule)

Cross Reference:ADF – School System Commitment to Learning Results

IKAB – Report Cards/Progress Reports

IKE – Promotion and Retention of Students

IKF – Graduation Requirements

ILA – Student Assessment/Local Assessment System

Adopted: November 17, 2025