How are Waldorf students assessed?
Families receive a detailed and thorough written assessment of their child’s progress in every subject area between one and three times per year. Grades One through Three reports are mailed once a year and Grades Four through Eight reports are mailed twice a year, with those in Grades Six through Eight receiving an additional mid-semester progress report in the fall. Students in the upper grades are evaluated based on tests, quizzes, homework, assigned papers, and class participation. All elementary students keep a main lesson book of writings and drawings–essentially a self-created textbook of the work that has been covered during the academic year. These books can be reviewed by parents at regular parent evenings or during parent/teacher conferences. The books are sent home in June, as a permanent record of what the child has accomplished in that school year. We do not administer or require standardized tests, although many of our eighth graders take SSATs before applying to high sc
