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What Parents Need to Know! LCPS is committed to quality assessment - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
What Parents Need to Know! LCPS is committed to quality assessment - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
What Parents Need to Know! LCPS is committed to quality assessment and grading practices whereby all teachers can design assessments that align with standards and provide feedback to improve student learning. Loudoun County Public Schools is
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QUALITY ASSESSMENT AND GRADING PRACTICES
Assessment of student learning is an
essential component of the teaching and learning process.
Quality assessment involves timely feedback
embedded in the learning experience.
Summative assessments are linked to
standards within content areas.
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QUALITY ASSESSMENT AND GRADING PRACTICES
Quality assessment ensures that students are
involved in and parents are informed of the process.
Grades reflect student mastery, multiple efforts,
and student growth within a grade level or subject area.
Learning progressions are available for use as
scaffolds for learning and instruction.
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Assessment: The methods, strategies and tools used to measure
and determine the extent to which students have learned content, concepts and skills.
Three types:
- Diagnostic
- Formative
- Summative
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Diagnostic Assessment: Assessment occurring PRIOR to
learning that is used by teachers to identify the source of a student’s strengths and weaknesses.
Formative Assessment: Assessment occurring DURING the
learning that is used by teachers to adapt their instruction and used by students to determine their current progress.
Summative Assessment: Assessment occurring AFTER the learning that documents how much learning has occurred at a point in time.
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Standards: a set of minimum learning expectations defined
by VDOE;
Unpacking a standard: occurs when a teacher breaks down
the big concepts into smaller units to focus on one specific component of learning.
Learning Target (LT): A Learning Target is a “specific”
statement of what the students should know, understand, or be able to do for an unpacked component of the standard.
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To communicate to students/parents that
assignments, assessments and grades tied to intended learning (standards, learning targets).
To improve precision of measurements of learning
related to grades.
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Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd Grade Progress Indicators E = Exceeds Standard M = Meets Standard P = Progressing Towards Standard B = Performing Below Standard 3rd , 4th and 5th Grade Progress Indicators 4 = Exceeds Standard 3 = Meets Standard 2 = Progressing Towards Standard 1 = Below Standard 3rd , 4th and 5th Grading Key A = Outstanding B = Very Good C = Satisfactory D = Needs Improvement F = Not Performing Key for Characteristics That Affect Learning O = Outstanding S = Satisfactory N = Needs Improvement
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Weighting
- Assessments weighted zero are not calculated into
the letter grades;
- Assessments weighted 1 are used to inform the letter
grades;
Letter Grades
- An average of all assessments weighted with a 1 or 2;
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Report Card Topic Statement
- listed beneath each content area on the report card
- describe the essential knowledge or desired student behaviors
expected at each grade level.
- These provide you with a clearer understanding of what your
child knows and is able to do.
- If a topic statement is not assessed during a quarter, a dot (•)
will be inserted into the cell.
(Screen shot of report card)
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Overall Subject Letter Grades (Grades 3-5) An average of all assignments that have a weight of 1.
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Report Card Topic Statements
(Grades K-5)
All assignments (formative and summative) linked to an SOL, regardless of weight, factor into the topic statements. All Virginia Standards of Learning feed into report card topic statements.
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Grading Assessment About percentages About performance Does not provide prescriptive feedback Provide prescriptive feedback Usually takes a single snapshot of student knowledge Looks at multiple views of student performance Is often used to compare and sort students Focuses on individual performance
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The use of a standards-aligned report card communicates more clearly to parents and students their progress based on the skills and concepts to be mastered.
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Rubrics and Learning Targets:
- provide students with clear goals
- allow them to be able to articulate the expectation
- and compare their progress relative to the standard .
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Rubrics and Learning Targets:
- provide students with clear goals;
- allow them to be able to articulate the expectation;
- and compare their progress relative to the standard .
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Assignments/Assessments will be posted in
CLARITY as assigned;
Three types of assignments in CLARITY:
- Diagnostic
- Formative
- Summative
▪ All summative assignments will include a scoring guide/rubric;
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Summative: will be weighted 1 or 2 Formative: weighted zero Diagnostic: weighted zero
- May include homework;
- Homework is not graded;
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Assignments may include the same descriptors:
- S – Geography Test – Regions of the U.S.
▪ S = Summative (All summative assessments inform the letter grades and report card topic statements)
- D – DRA score
▪ D = Diagnostic
- F – Draft of persuasive essay
▪ F = Formative (All formative assessments inform the report card topic statement)
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Grades and scores will updated at least every
10 instructional days;
Student papers will have a 1-4 indicator –
consistent with CLARITY scoring;
All summative assessments will have the
- pportunity for a 4;
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Opportunity for retesting to meet
expectations - 3;
Comments;
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Complete the Access Request Form – return
to the school office;
Parent Information Verification (PIV)
- Sent home on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 with
students;
- Will include CLARITY portal login address
Access is limited to primary contact within Student
Information System;
Portal closes in June;
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Security
- Requires student ID and provided password
- Change password
- DO NOT SHARE
Help
- If lost or forgotten, call school office.
- You will need:
▪ Student number ▪ Child’s first and last name ▪ Street address
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Log in; Reports; How do I make sense of this information? Emails to teachers;
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Parent Portal Initial View
Upcoming assignments broken down into:
- Overdue Assignments
- Assignments Due Today
- Upcoming Assignments
Course Grades
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Class Reports
Student Assignment Report
Student Missing Assignment
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Options
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Elementary Email Notification options:
Parents have the ability to receive email notifications as often as daily based on the data in their child's courses. The reports they can receive include: Grade Summary Student Assignments Automatic Grade Notification - notifies the parent when a quarter/course grade falls above or below a point level.
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