• Formative Assessments 

    - aligned to standards

    - gives students and teachers feedback regarding learning

    - identifies skill/learning targets not mastered and allows teachers and students to work together to bridge any learning gaps

    - given weekly 

     

    Summative Assessments

    - aligned to standards

    - given at the end of an instructional unit 

    - evaluate student learning by comparing it against standards

    - given at least three (3) times per quarter 

     

    Benchmarks/Student Learning Objectives (SLO)

    - Pre-Test provides information about the students' starting point in relation to the yearly learning targets. 

    - Midyear provides information about students' progression towards yearly learning targets. 

    - Post Test provides information regarding the students' success in reaching yearly learning targets. 

    - given three (3) times per year (Fall, Winter, Spring)

     

    End of Course Assessments

    - given in May to determine students' overall progress towards standards mastery  

    - has to be entered as a final exam grade

    - given to students who are enrolled in English II CP/H, Algebra I, Biology I CP/H, and U.S. History and Constitution