Littleton Public Schools believes that the purpose of measuring individual student academic achievement is to communicate learning and growth. Standards-based proficiency grades provide equitable, reliable, consistent, accurate, meaningful, and timely communication to students, parents, teachers, and administrators on what each student knows and can demonstrate according to prioritized standards or identified outcomes.
Standards-Based Learning & Teaching
Based on using a 4-point scale with level descriptors.
Separates content knowledge from work habits by providing clear information about how the student is progressing within each content standard.
Equitable recoverability to attain proficiency by readdressing and reassessing student evidence within the standard *Leveled descriptors align with state/district standards.
Measures students against the standard and aligns with grade-level expectations
CONTENT KNOWLEDGE GRADES:
Content Knowledge grades reflect what a student knows and can apply, according to the Colorado Academic Standards.
Final Proficiency Grades will be determined using proficiency scales along with a body of evidence.
Multiple opportunities are provided for all students to demonstrate proficiency of the standards and exceed them.
WORK HABITS GRADES:
Grades demonstrate the connection between consistent work habits and behaviors that promote student learning and growth.
Grades are determined by other factors such as class participation, cooperation/collaboration, work ethic, neatness, organization, effort, punctuality of assignments, class behavior/attitude, student notebooks, journals, and learning logs. This data may be collected through observation and objective indicators.
Proficiency Grade Scales
4 = Exceeds grade level proficiency
3 = Meets grade level proficiency
2 = Approaching grade level proficiency
1 = Does not meet grade level proficiency
IE = Insufficient Evidence of grade level proficiency
Visit the LPS District Grading Philosophy Documents for more detail.