Grading Policy

Music Grading Policy

In music, students are largely graded on participation in addition to  periodic evaluations of learned skills.   These skills include an age-appropriate level of proficiency in the elements of music: melodic and rhythmic understanding, form, expression, timbre and texture.

In our thirty minute weekly time, we engage in a variety of musical activities designed around these four principles:

Connect *  Listen * Perform * Create

Participation is 75% of the student’s semester grade and is based on these expectations:

• Make Good Choices

• Use Kind Words

• Show Respect

• Involve Yourself

• Care for Our Room  and Instruments

The other 25% of the semester grade comes from evaluations based on the Indiana Standards for Music Education. Assessments may be written, aural, or performance-based. Mastery or appropriate progress will be the criteria used for assessment. Please see the link below for a list of standards by grade level.

https://media.doe.in.gov/standards/indiana-academic-standards-grades-k-12-music.pdf