Goal: The goals of these classes are to help students’ master grade level skills as determined by the Utah State Standards.
Grading: The purpose of grading is to communicate the achievement and mastery of specific learning goals. It identifies students’ levels of progress with regard to those goals, areas of strength, and areas where additional time and effort are needed.
Mastery-Based Grading policy: That means that your grade is based on whether or not you meet particular learning goals or “standards” that are based on the Utah Core Curriculum. Those learning goals will differ from class to class, but will be clearly communicated. All evaluation scores will be converted into a 4-point scale.
What do the numbers mean?
4- Mastery: You have gone above what the standard has asked you to do, application
3-Proficient: You have done what the standard has asked you to do, knowledge
2-Approaching Proficiency: You are almost there! You have done most of what the standard has asked but are missing a part.
1- We still have some work to do: You haven’t done what the standard has asked.
What are Evaluations? Evaluations can include paper/pencil tests, reports, essays, projects, presentations, quizzes, and even a conversation where you clearly show the teacher that you understand and are proficient in a standard. Don’t worry! You will have a lot of practice before evaluations and will be able to retake them as needed.
How do I get help? This year we will be adding in RISE Time-which stands for Recovery, Intervention, Success, and Enrichment. This will be a time where you will have the opportunity to either spend time with teachers in classes in which you are struggling to increase your ability level, or spend some time serving others or working on balance. If you earn below a 3 on any evaluation, it will be shown in Aspire as an “M”. And you will be able to go to RISE time with the corresponding teacher. You will work on a re-teaching assignment, get some support, and then have the opportunity to retake the evaluation. Grading Breakdown: 70% of your grade will be based off of evaluations 30% of your grade will be based off of other parts of class (Notebooks, Labs, Projects, etc.)
*Homework: You can still expect to receive homework in addition to reading. Homework will largely be practice, meaning that some of it will not be graded. Does that mean that you don’t have to do it? No. It’s practice to be able to increase your proficiency in a given standard.
Grading: The purpose of grading is to communicate the achievement and mastery of specific learning goals. It identifies students’ levels of progress with regard to those goals, areas of strength, and areas where additional time and effort are needed.
Mastery-Based Grading policy: That means that your grade is based on whether or not you meet particular learning goals or “standards” that are based on the Utah Core Curriculum. Those learning goals will differ from class to class, but will be clearly communicated. All evaluation scores will be converted into a 4-point scale.
What do the numbers mean?
4- Mastery: You have gone above what the standard has asked you to do, application
3-Proficient: You have done what the standard has asked you to do, knowledge
2-Approaching Proficiency: You are almost there! You have done most of what the standard has asked but are missing a part.
1- We still have some work to do: You haven’t done what the standard has asked.
What are Evaluations? Evaluations can include paper/pencil tests, reports, essays, projects, presentations, quizzes, and even a conversation where you clearly show the teacher that you understand and are proficient in a standard. Don’t worry! You will have a lot of practice before evaluations and will be able to retake them as needed.
How do I get help? This year we will be adding in RISE Time-which stands for Recovery, Intervention, Success, and Enrichment. This will be a time where you will have the opportunity to either spend time with teachers in classes in which you are struggling to increase your ability level, or spend some time serving others or working on balance. If you earn below a 3 on any evaluation, it will be shown in Aspire as an “M”. And you will be able to go to RISE time with the corresponding teacher. You will work on a re-teaching assignment, get some support, and then have the opportunity to retake the evaluation. Grading Breakdown: 70% of your grade will be based off of evaluations 30% of your grade will be based off of other parts of class (Notebooks, Labs, Projects, etc.)
*Homework: You can still expect to receive homework in addition to reading. Homework will largely be practice, meaning that some of it will not be graded. Does that mean that you don’t have to do it? No. It’s practice to be able to increase your proficiency in a given standard.