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Science:
Vanessa Crock
vcrock@pps.net
Math:
Daniel Ramirez
dramirez@pps.net
Grading, Mastery and Learning Targets
Grades your core academic classesHumanities (English Language Arts and US
History), Math (Geometry and Algebra 1!) and "oundations o# $hysics and
%hemistryare based on a Mastery system& 'his means that your grade earned
in these classes de(ends (rimarily on you demonstrating, in a )ariety o# *ays,
that you ha)e learned or mastered the curriculum& As a student *hat you are
re+uired to learn is clearly outlined in the #orm o# ,Learning 'argets&- All Learning
'argets are based .regon State and %ommon %ore Standards&
Practice
!/0 o# your grade in the core academic classes is based on *or1 students do to
(re(are themsel)es to demonstrate their mastery or understanding o# the
Learning 'argets& 'his includes home*or1, acti)ities done in class (class*or1)&
%lass*or1 includes things li1e laboratory in)estigations, modeling, +uestion or
(roblem sets, discussions, conce(t ma(s, (artici(ation in class acti)ities, and
in#ormal (resentations& 2n addition, another (art o# the (ractice grade is based on
your Student Academic Success S1ills (SASS)& SASS includes things li1e ontime
*or1 com(letion, organi3ation and (re(aredness #or class such as binder and
(lanner chec1s&
Three key points about mastery and assessments.
4 "irst, this system is based on you (artici(ating in all the acti)ities leading u(
to the assessments& 5e *ill gi)e you #eedbac1 along the *ay and e6(ect you
to trac1 your (rogress to*ards these goals&
4 Second, you *ill ha)e more then one o((ortunity to sho* mastery on a
learning target, so i# 7rst you don8t succeed *e *ill *or1 out a (lan *ith you to
be able to reassess to sho* mastery&
4 'hird, i# you ha)e a idea on ho* you can demonstrate #or your teacher on
ho* to sho* mastery, (lease schedule an a((ointment *ith them& "or
e6am(le, a student *ho struggles *ith test an6iety might (ro(ose that he or
she be allo*ed to demonstrate understanding o# the content in a oneonone
con)ersation *ith the teacher&
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Assessments and Learning Target Mastery:
9/0 o# your grade in the core academic classes is based on demonstrating
mastery o# Learning 'argets& Mastery o# a Learning 'arget is demonstrated
through one or more assessments& Assessments are designed to allo* you to
demonstrate to the teacher that you ha)e mastered the Learning 'arget or
'argets #or the Unit&
Assessments can ta1e many #orms: traditional tests or essays, lab re(orts,
(resentations (oral, )ideo, animation or (odcast), and oneonone con)ersations
*ith teachers are all e6am(les o# assessments that *ill be used by your teachers&
"or each assessment, the teacher *ill assess a student8s le)el o# mastery o# a
s(eci7c Learning 'arget using a 1; scale& 'he chart belo* outlines the meaning o#
each le)el o# the scale in terms o# *hat the student must do in order to earn a
(articular score&
Score Le)el 5hat the student has sho*n
; E6cee
ds
(E<)
'he student has demonstrated, through an assessment or
assessments, mastery o# more com(le6 content related to the
Learning 'arget&
= $ro7ci
ent
($>)
'he student has demonstrated, through an assessment or
assessments, mastery o# the Learning 'arget& 2n other *ords,
the student has ME' the Learning 'arget&
!&? 2n addition to demonstrating mastery o# the sim(ler or
#oundational content, the student has demonstrated (artial
success on the assessment o# Le)el = content&
! @e)elo
(ing
(@A)
'he student has mastered the sim(ler or #oundational content,
but has not yet demonstrated understanding o# the more
com(le6 content described by the Learning 'arget&
(Ada(ted #rom: Mar3ano, "ormati)e Assessment and Standards Based Grading)
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Translation to Letter Grades
'hroughout a semester, you *ill be assessed and gi)en the o((ortunity to re
assess, on multi(le Learning 'argets& "or each 'arget you the student *ill be gi)en
a score on the 1; scale& 'he .AE>ALL scaled score *ill be determined by
a)eraging the scores #or each Learning 'arget assessment& 'his grade *ill be
translated into a letter grade, *hich *ill be combined *ith the
class*or1Chome*or1 and SASS grade to (roduce the o)erall grade #or the
semester& 'he scale is translated into letter grades using the chart the belo*
Score Grad
e
=&?/;&// A
=&//=&;D B
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Mar3ano, "ormati)e Assessment and Standards Based Grading
Attendance
2# you need to miss class, (lease ha)e your (arent or guardian call the school to
e6cuse the absence& 'he (hone number is ?/=D1E?!E/& 2# you miss class and it
is e6cused, ma1e sure that you either email your teacher or see them 7rst thing the
ne6t day to get the in#ormation that you missed& 2t is F.U> res(onsibility to get
caught u(&