Grading
General Learner Outcomes (GLO’s)
The “General Learner Outcomes” are the over-arching goals of standards-based learning for all students — going beyond academic achievement to ensure students become engaged, lifelong learners.
They are:
Student Assessment - What is the difference between formative and summative assessment? The goal of formative assessment is to monitor student learning to provide ongoing feedback that can be used by teachers to improve their teaching and by students to improve their learning. More specifically, formative assessments:
Examples of formative assessments include asking students to:
Formative Assessment Key
Adv. - Advanced: 97% - 100%
P - Proficient: 75% - 96%
PP - Partially Proficient: 60% - 74%
N - Novice: 0% - 59%
The goal of summative assessment is to evaluate student learning at the end of instruction by comparing it against a standard or benchmark. Summative assessments are often high stakes, which means that they affect a student’s grade. Examples of summative assessments include:
Summative Assessment Key
ME - Meets with Excellence
MP - Meets Proficiency
DP - Developing Proficiency
WB - Well Below Proficiency
The “General Learner Outcomes” are the over-arching goals of standards-based learning for all students — going beyond academic achievement to ensure students become engaged, lifelong learners.
They are:
- Self-directed Learner (The ability to be responsible for one's own learning)
- Community Contributor (The understanding that it is essential for human beings to work together)
- Complex Thinker (The ability to demonstrate critical thinking and problem solving)
- Quality Producer (The ability to recognize and produce quality performance and quality products)
- Effective Communicator (The ability to communicate effectively)
- Effective and Ethical User of Technology (The ability to use a variety of technologies effectively and ethically)
Student Assessment - What is the difference between formative and summative assessment? The goal of formative assessment is to monitor student learning to provide ongoing feedback that can be used by teachers to improve their teaching and by students to improve their learning. More specifically, formative assessments:
- Help students identify their strengths and weaknesses and target areas that need work
- Help teachers recognize where students are struggling and address problems immediately
Examples of formative assessments include asking students to:
- Draw a concept map in class to represent their understanding of a topic
- Submit one or two sentences identifying the main point of an article
- Turn in parts of a project for early feedback
- Exit slips
- Quiz or lesson test
Formative Assessment Key
Adv. - Advanced: 97% - 100%
P - Proficient: 75% - 96%
PP - Partially Proficient: 60% - 74%
N - Novice: 0% - 59%
The goal of summative assessment is to evaluate student learning at the end of instruction by comparing it against a standard or benchmark. Summative assessments are often high stakes, which means that they affect a student’s grade. Examples of summative assessments include:
- Project
- Research paper
- Report
Summative Assessment Key
ME - Meets with Excellence
MP - Meets Proficiency
DP - Developing Proficiency
WB - Well Below Proficiency