Grading system

Parents,


You may have seen some numbers instead of percentages and letter grades coming home on your child’s papers recently. I wanted to take a moment to explain that grading system.

In assessing student work and looking to see who has demonstrated mastery of a specific topic, sometimes a letter grade does not give me enough information. One way that I am keeping track of student mastery of specific topics is with a 4-3-2-1 scale. These numbers coincide with proficiency indicators and tell me what we need to continue working on both individually and as a whole class. The break down on those numbers is as follows:


4-demonstrates complete mastery at an advanced level (becomes a 100% if placed in the gradebook)

3-demonstrates mastery at a proficient level (becomes an 85% if placed in the gradebook)

2-demonstrates mastery at a basic level and needs additional support to achieve proficiency (becomes a 75% if placed in the gradebook)

1-demonstrates mastery at a below basic level. We will re-teach the content in a different way to increase understanding and move towards proficiency. (becomes a 60% if placed in the gradebook)

I hope this clarifies. Please let me know if you have any further questions!