6000 Instruction
6700 Testing and Evaluation
6710 Academic Achievement
6711 Grading/Assessment Systems
It is the philosophy of the board that students will respond more positively to the opportunity for success than to the threat of failure. The district shall seek, therefore, in its instructional program to make achievement both recognizable and possible for students. It shall emphasize achievement in its processes of evaluating student performance.
Classroom assessment practices shall be aligned with the board-adopted content standards and the district’s assessment program. Assessment is an integral part of the teaching and learning process that should occur continuously in the classroom. The primary purpose of classroom assessment shall be to enable teachers to make instructional decisions for students on a continual basis.
Students shall not correct or grade each other’s schoolwork when the corrections or grades will be subsequently reported or provided to the teacher. Schoolwork includes all student work, including homework, tests, papers, classroom assignments, etc.
Schoolwork may be corrected/graded by students if the identity of the student whose work is being corrected/graded is protected or the student’s parent/guardian has consented in writing to correction/grading by fellow students.
Students are encouraged to engage in informal self-assessments as they study and attempt to solve problems, monitor their own progress and improve their learning.
GRADING/ASSESSMENT SYSTEM
The administration and professional staff shall devise a grading or assessment system for evaluating and recording student progress and to measure student performance in conjunction with board-adopted content standards. The records and reports of individual students shall be kept in a form meaningful to parents as well as teachers. The grading/assessment system shall be uniform district-wide at comparable grade levels.
Adopted: 3/19/87
Revised: 7/25/91
Revised: 3/16/99
Revised: 3/26/01
Moffat County School District RE-1 Policy 6711