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EASTON AREA
SCHOOL DISTRICT
No. 213
SECTION:
PUPILS
TITLE:
ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT
PROGRESS
ADOPTED:
March 5, 2007
REVISED:
213. ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT PROGRESS
1.
Purpose
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The Board recognizes that a system of assessing student achievement can help
students, teachers, and parents/guardians to understand and evaluate a student's
progress toward educational goals and academic standards.
2.
Definition
Title 22
Sec. 4.11
Assessment shall be the system of measuring and recording student progress and
achievement that enables the student, parents/guardians and teachers to determine a
student's attainment of established academic standards and to learn the student's
strengths and weaknesses, plan an educational or vocational future for the student in
areas of the greatest potential for success, and know where remedial work is
required.
3.
Authority
SC 1531, 1532
Title 22
Sec. 4.11, 4.51,
4.52
Pol. 102, 216
The Board directs that the district's instructional program shall include a system of
assessing all students' academic progress. The system shall include descriptions of
how achievement of academic standards will be measured and how this information
will be used to assist students having difficulty meeting required standards.
Title 22
Sec. 4.52
Students with disabilities shall be included in the district's assessment system, with
appropriate accommodations when necessary.
Title 22
Sec. 4.52
The district's assessment system shall include a variety of assessment strategies
which may include:
1.
Written work by students.
2.
Scientific experiments conducted by students.
3.
Works of art or musical, theatrical or dance performances by students.
Pol. 217
4.
Demonstrations, performances, products or projects by students related to
specific academic standards.
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5.
Examinations developed by teachers to assess specific academic standards.
6.
Nationally-available achievement tests.
7.
Diagnostic assessments.
8.
Evaluations of portfolios of student work related to achievement of academic
standards.
9.
Other measures, as appropriate, which may include standardized tests.
4.
Delegation of
Responsibility
Title 22
Sec. 4.52
The Superintendent or designee shall develop and implement procedures to assess
student progress, in accordance with district goals and regulations of the State Board
of Education.
5.
Guidelines
At the outset of any course, each student should be informed about the academic
standards to be attained.
Each student should be kept informed of personal progress during the units of a
course of planned instruction.
Methods of assessment shall be appropriate to the planned instruction and maturity
of students.
Assessment strategies should objectively evaluate and reward students for their
efforts.
Students should be encouraged to assess their own academic achievements.
All assessment systems shall be subject to continuing review and revision.
Staff, students, and parents/guardians should be involved in the continuing program
of assessment review.