Assessment+and+Evaluation

=**Learning Skills**= Learning Skills are an important component of a students progress. The Learning Skills Rubric outlines the criteria and assessment levels for each learning skill.

=Report Cards= The Report Card schedule is as follows:
 * Term 1 - Interim Report in November; Term 1 report in Jan.
 * Term 2 - Report goes home the end of June.

Understanding Evaluations When teachers assess and evaluate students, they use three catgories of evaluation: assessment **FOR** learning, assessment **AS** learning, and assessment **OF** learning. The following briefly outlines each type of assessment.
 * //Assessment **FOR** learning// - refers to assessments that indicate what knowledge and skills a student has acquired in the past. It gives us direction for learning. Sometimes this is refered to as "diagnotic" assessment.


 * //Assessment **AS** learning// - refers to assessments that indicates a students progress in learning and/or is used to help increase a students knowledge and skills on concepts being covered. It gives feedback for learning. These assessments can take the form of quizes, assignments, etc.

 
 * //Assessment **OF** learning// - refers to assessments that indicate what knowledge and skills a student has acquired by the end of a unit or learning period. It is used to report on a student's accomplishments. These assessments are culminating activities to a learning unit.

As well, teachers refer to the achievement levels set out by the Ministry of Education when assessing students. These achievements levels are converted to letter grades (grade 6) and percent scores (grade 7&8). Please refer to the chart below.


 * Achievement Level ||= R ||= 1 ||= 2 ||= 3 ||= 4 ||
 * **Letter Grade** ||= **R** ||= **D** ||= **C** ||= **B** ||= **A** ||
 * % Score (Gr.7&8) ||= Below 50% ||= 50-59 ||= 60-69 ||= 70-79 ||= 80-100 ||
 * **Achievement Level** ||= **Remediation** ||= **Below Standard** ||= **Approaching Standard** ||= **Meeting Standard** ||= **Above Standard** ||
 * Achievement Level Definitions ||= Student **has not** demonstrated the required knowledge and skills ||= Student has demonstrated **some** of the required knowledge and skills in **limited ways**. ||= Student has demonstrated **some** of the required knowledge and skills. ||= Student has demonstrated **most** of the required knowledge and skills. ||= Student **has** demonstrated the required knowledge and skills. ||

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