Fresh English: District Interim Assessment

Monday, March 2, 2015

District Interim Assessment

Happy rainy Monday. Let's stay dry.

Today you get to try something new, an online assessment from the district. We had to take the last one on paper, but this one is digital. More and more of your assessments are going to be digital as you go through school, so this is good practice.

Go to: https://sdusd.illuminatehc.com/auth and choose STUDENT
Login with your district username and password, the same one you use to login to the netbooks.
You should see Pending Online Assessments on the right.
Choose Literacy Interim Assessment 2-Grade 9.
Read the directions carefully as you work through the assessment.
Read your book or work on your book review when you finish.

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Gradebook Explained

My grade book is on Power School for you to view. There are some things you need to know.

If you have a blank score or missing score that is not bad. Often scores are left blank when I do not grade an assignment right away. Sometimes blanks mean a student was absent for an in class experience. The point is do not panic about blank or missing scores.

Zeros however, are a real problem. Students get zeros when they do not turn in an assignment that they should have done. Zeros usually appear after I have asked the student several times to get the work finished. Students can sometimes undo a zero by turning in the work late. Some assignments can be regraded. See the button at the top of the blog to request a re-grade.

Often I do not enter many assignments until the end of the grading period when projects we have been working on for a few weeks become due. I try to enter progress grades every few weeks into the "progress category." Note that the progress category is only 10% of the total grade. Low scores on progress grades indicates that a student needs to improve their work before the final project is due.

Grade categories are weighted as follows:

50% Writing & Speaking (Essays, some in class assessments, and speaking assignments.)

40% Reading & Listening (Book reviews and reading progress and some listening assessments.)

10% Progress (writing draft grades, turning in required paperwork, some formative assessments)

Student grades are based on meeting grade level standard proficiencies. This is not a points or numbers game. There is no extra credit, but there may be additional opportunities to show proficiency.

I hope this will resolve some confusion. Of course if you have questions about grades please e-mail me.

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Monday, March 2, 2015

District Interim Assessment

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