How will student learning be assessed?
There will be a focus on a mastery of content and meeting learning targets and content standards set forth by teachers at the beginning of each term. Our grading scale, as used by The Graham School for 10 years, will not evaluate students with traditional report cards. Instead, The Graham School uses narratives, gateways, and other methods designed to evaluate whether a student has mastered the core concepts of our curriculum. Students are not compared against each other. Instead, over time, a student’s work is measured against his/her previous work in order to evaluate individual progress within essential skill areas and across disciplines. Our evaluative structure measures expectations based on the following scale: EE (Exceeds Expectations): The Student produces/demonstrates outstanding work, participation, and mastery of subject matter, going above and beyond what is required. This evaluation indicates that a student has exceeded the expectations that were established for this stude
There is a focus on a mastery of content and meeting learning targets and content standards set forth by teachers at the beginning of each term. Our grading scale, as used by The Graham School for 10 years, will not evaluate students with traditional report cards. Instead, The Graham School uses narratives, gateways, and other methods designed to evaluate whether a student has mastered the core concepts of our curriculum. Students are not compared against each other. Instead, over time, a student’s work is measured against his/her previous work in order to evaluate individual progress within essential skill areas and across disciplines. Our evaluative structure measures expectations based on the following scale: EE (Exceeds Expectations): The Student produces/demonstrates outstanding work, participation, and mastery of subject matter, going above and beyond what is required. This evaluation indicates that a student has exceeded the expectations that were established for this student by
