1. Assessment
and
grading
Key
terms:
Assessment
is
used
to
describe
the
process
of
making
student
learning
visible
and
applying
methods
to
measure
if
and
how
much
learning
has
happened
or
is
happening.
In
this
document
Grading
means
representing
student
learning
in
the
form
of
numbers
or
letters.
Principles
of
assessment:
-­‐ Assessment
must
serve
learning
-­‐ Assessment
must
present
an
objective
measure
of
knowledge
and
skills
-­‐ Assessment
must
be
on-­‐going
and
through
multiple
means
in
the
learning
process
-­‐ Assessment
results
must
be
used
by
students
and
teachers
to
plan
corrective
action
and
further
learning
Methods
of
assessment:
Assessment
methods
can
be
as
diverse
as
the
students
and
teachers
in
the
school.
Some
of
the
most
common
assessment
methods
are
quizzes,
essays,
presentations,
production,
verbal
questioning,
problem
sets
and
examinations.
Grading
components
Not
all
assessment
done
by
the
teacher
is
graded.
In
fact,
most
of
the
assessment
served
the
purpose
of
pointing
out
areas
of
strength
and
improvement.
Only
below
components
will
be
used
as
the
main
activities
to
formally
record
student
achievement:
Attendance
–
it
is
required
that
students
attend
classes
and
participate
as
fully
as
possible.
Attendance
means
coming
to
the
class
with
all
the
necessary
materials
and
a
mind-­‐set
to
work
and
learn.
Those
students
who
do
not
attend
the
lesson
or
comes
to
the
lesson
without
the
necessary
materials
will
be
considered
absent
and
will
be
given
an
absence
mark.
Each
student
must
attend
at
least
70%
of
the
lessons
in
order
to
be
able
to
pass.
Those
who
miss
more
than
30%
will
receive
an
automatic
Fail.
Attendance
percentage
appears
on
Banner
and
students
may
view
it
by
logging
into
My
Banner.
Attendance
grade
will
be
on
Blackboard
at
the
end
of
the
semester.
Those
who
show
good
attendance
will
be
given
up
to
5%
to
their
overall
grade
for
a
course.
Homework/Assignments
–
each
lesson
teachers
can
assign
home-­‐tasks
and
other
assignments
to
reinforce
the
learning
or
prepare
students
for
the
next
lesson.
These
assignments
are
marked
regularly
by
the
instructors
and
individual
grades
are
assigned
depending
on
the
performance
level.
Such
work
assigned
needs
to
be
made
visible/measurable
by
the
students
so
that
instructors
can
grade
it.
Some
examples
of
such
work
is
reading
and
quiz
in
the
class,
problems
and
solutions
on
the
paper,
presentations,
pop-­‐up
quizzes.
Students’
assessment
on
a
regular
basis
is
a
must
and
grades
must
be
provided
for
each
week.
Students
may
get
up
to
20%
from
such
on-­‐going
assessment.
Thematic
assessment/mid-­‐term
examinations
–
Students
are
to
be
assessed
summatively
every
4-­‐5
weeks
in
a
sit-­‐down
exam
that
directly
covers
the
content
of
the
unit
so
far
covered.
The
main
aim
of
this
assessment
is
checking
content
knowledge
and
key
skills
as
well
as
critical
thinking
and
problem
solving.
The
types
of
questions
that
appear
in
such
tests
are
drawn
from
State
Exam
Center,
international
examinations
for
different
subject
areas
such
as
Cambridge,
IB
DP,
Advance
Placement,
SAT,
IELTS,
TOEFL.
Thematic
assessment
that
falls
on
the
9th
week
of
the
semester
is
called
Mid-­‐term
Exam.
Mid-­‐term
examination
is
more
extended
than
thematic
assessment
and
it
covers
both
material
from
the
last
unit
and
the
unit(s)
from
the
beginning
of
the
semester.
All
the
thematic
assessment
and
the
mid-­‐term
assessment
grades
are
collated
into
a
final
grade
and
contributes
35%
of
the
students
final
grade.

2. Final
exam
–
Final
exam
is
the
culmination
of
the
semester
and
administered
in
the
final
week.
There
are
no
classes
during
the
final
exam
and
exams
are
taken
by
the
students
following
the
exam
schedule.
Final
exam
is
an
extended
form
of
assessment
that
targets
all
the
skills
and
knowledge
covered
during
the
semester.
In
order
to
be
eligible
to
take
the
final
exam
students
need
to
have
attended
at
least
70%
of
the
classes
and
have
a
running
total
Grade
of
D
(50)
as
shown
on
Blackboard.
The
final
exam
can
give
students
up
to
40%.
Note:
The
percentages
shown
above
are
the
weight
of
each
assessment
component.
Everything
needs
to
be
assessed
on
a
scale
of
A
to
F
and
a
number
grade
0-­‐100
(visible
to
teachers
only).
These
figures
are
summed
up
according
to
their
weight
on
the
system
and
a
final
running
grade
and,
after
the
final
exam,
a
final
grade
are
provided.
The
final
grade
(Letter)
is
submitted
to
Banner
from
Blackboard
and
the
semester
is
completed.
Running
total
grade
is
provisional
final
grade
before
the
final
exam.
On
Blackboard
it
is
shown
as
Weighted
Total.
Grading:
Each
student
has
a
chance
of
100
points
on
each
course
they
take
at
ADA
School.
The
above
mentioned
are
the
components
that
comprise
the
final
grade
for
each
student.
Also,
each
assignment
or
test
is
graded
on
a
scale
of
0-­‐100
and
controlled
by
its
weight
as
mentioned
above.
GRADE
GRADE
SCALE
PERCENTAGE
GRADE
NAME
and
DESCRIPTION
A
90-­‐100
Excellent
performance.
Normally
achieved
by
a
minimum
of
students.
These
grades
indicate
a
student
who
is
self-­‐initiating,
exceeds
expectation
and
has
an
insightful
grasp
of
the
subject
matter.
A-­‐
80-­‐89
B+
77-­‐79
Good
performance.
Normally
achieved
by
the
largest
number
of
students.
These
grades
indicate
a
good
grasp
of
the
subject
matter
or
excellent
grasp
in
one
area
balanced
with
satisfactory
grasp
in
the
other
area.
B
73-­‐76
B-­‐
70-­‐72
C+
67-­‐69
Satisfactory
performance.
These
grades
indicate
a
satisfactory
performance
and
knowledge
of
the
subject
matter.
This
is
the
requirement
for
2
GPA
passing
requirement
C
63-­‐66
C-­‐
60-­‐62
D+
57-­‐59
Poor
Performance.
A
student
receiving
this
grade
demonstrated
a
superficial
grasp
of
the
subject
matter.
Students
receiving
these
grades
run
the
risk
of
scoring
below
the
required
GPA
for
university
admission.
D
50-­‐56
F
00-­‐49
Fail
-­‐Academic
FX
00
Fail
-­‐Administrative