Grading Philosophy
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While we all agree that the growth of the child is what matters most, a grade is your go-to indicator of classroom success and progress. I will make sure your student's grades are up-to-date as often as I can.
While we all agree that the growth of the child is what matters most, a grade is your go-to indicator of classroom success and progress. I will make sure your student's grades are up-to-date as often as I can.
Standard's-Based Grading:
Student progress in this course will focus on mastery of content. A grade should reflect what the student has learned, and the science skills they carry. Your students will be primarily assessed using projects, a few exams and quizzes, labs, presentations, classwork, journaling, and the rare homework assignment. All assignments will be assessed by the mastery of Long-Term Targets (think big picture) and Supporting Targets (which support the Long-Term Targets). The final grade on each Supporting Target will be averaged together to get a Long-Term Learning Target grade. Long-Term Learning Target grades will be averaged to determine a final course grade.
Student progress in this course will focus on mastery of content. A grade should reflect what the student has learned, and the science skills they carry. Your students will be primarily assessed using projects, a few exams and quizzes, labs, presentations, classwork, journaling, and the rare homework assignment. All assignments will be assessed by the mastery of Long-Term Targets (think big picture) and Supporting Targets (which support the Long-Term Targets). The final grade on each Supporting Target will be averaged together to get a Long-Term Learning Target grade. Long-Term Learning Target grades will be averaged to determine a final course grade.
Late Work and Revision:
- I firmly believe that school is a time to work hard, take academic risks, and pour yourself into learning. Therefore, I reward students who turn quality work in on time. If a student completes an assignment with high quality work, and turns it in ON TIME, and if the student desires a higher score, the student will have 1 week to revise (as many times as they wish), up to an “A”.
- Just like in the real world, deadlines are expected to be followed. But also like in the real world, sometimes it takes longer than the deadline allows to produce your best work. Sometimes, things come up that we can’t account for and need compassion.
- Students who miss a deadline must conference with me to discuss what happened. We will develop a plan together that helps the student learn tools to prevent this from happening in the future.
- Multiple late assignments will require a parent meeting to discuss a more intensive set of strategies.
- Resubmitted work must include the original work, any marked rubric, and the revised work.