Assessment+and+Evaluation

· **__Absences __**  If students are absent with excuse when an assignment is due they are permitted to submit upon their return to class. If there is insufficient evidence of achievement due to an extended absence teachers are required to document and appropriate comment in lieu of a grade.
 * __Grade 7/8 and Secondary __**

If a student is leaving a school after a minimum of 6 weeks attendance they are entitled to an official mid term report card. · **__Late/Missed Assignments __**   Late assignments can occurs for illness, family issues, accident, and other compassionate reasons. If an assignment is assigned there must be a 2 day window allowed for completion. A maximum of 10% may be deducted in total for late assignments (suggested 5% per day to a max 10%). Weekends are excluded as deductable days. Teachers should assist and plan with the students to aid the completion of all assignments as this is considered a learning skill in the eyes of the board.  Students are expected to complete all assigned work. A phone call to parent/guardian may be necessary to encourage completion and judgment around omitting the assignment. Teachers will use a place holder of "0" for missed assignments and evaluate extenuating circumstances and most consistent level of achievement. Teachers are also requested to consider any equivalent work that could substitute the missed assignment. · **__Plagiarism __**  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Definition Taken Directly from YCDSB handbook on Assessment and Evaluation "Submitting an assignment that was complete by another and claiming it as one’s own Incorporating large segments of someone else’s work and only using connecting sentences without reference to the source. Copying sections from the Internet without referencing the source <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Direct copying of another person’s re-write of an assignment as in the case of a parent/guardian, tutor, or ghostwriter." (Handbook Pg 15) <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #0b00ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Group Work __<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> __<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: red; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Grade 7/8 and Secondary __**<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Group work is encouraged as a teaching and learning strategy within the classroom. However, students are to be individually evaluated. Group marks are not to be assigned according to board guidelines as this is not reflective of individual contributions and learning. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· **__<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #0b00ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Homework __<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> __<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: red; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Grade 7/8 and Secondary __**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Homework is intended for students to continue work that is begun in class and allows for application of knowledge that is taught in class. Homework should not be evaluated, but if necessary the teacher must inform the students prior to the assignment. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· **__<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #0b00ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Reporting __<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #0b00ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> __<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Grade 7/8 __ <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Grading a student should be based on most recent evidence of achievement, and this is often reflected through the summative evaluation. Grades 7/8 is graded on a 100 point percentage system. There are 3 formal reporting periods and they occur: late fall, early spring, and end of June. ** __<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Secondary __ <span style="color: #2a15ab; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Grading: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">70% of the grade is based on the course content 30% is based on a final evaluation suitable for the end of the course, and it must relate directly to the course content.
 * __<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: red; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Grade 7/8 and Secondary __**<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
 * At Secondary level*** Students who plagiarize could face up to a 5 day suspension.**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Learning skills are evaluated separate from the curriculum expectations. Students are graded on learning skills that are categorized as: independent work, initiative, homework completion, use of information, cooperation with others, conflict resolution, class participation, problem setting, and goal setting. These skills are reported using: **E**xcellent.** G**ood,** S**atisfactory**, N**eeds Improvement.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Learning skills are evaluated separate from curriculum and are categorized as: Works independently, Organization, Teamwork, Initiative, Work Habits and Homework. The learning skills are not included in the students’ percentage grade unless it is included in the curriculum documents.

Reporting of grades occurs at mid-point and end-point of the course. ** If a student holds a grade less than 50% at mid-point reporting the teacher must indicate “insufficient achievement of curriculum expectations; credit at risk” on the report*** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';"> **If the final grade falls between 46% and 49% the teacher will use professional judgment in assigning the final grade.

Work Cited Information is paraphrased from: <span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: #262a2c; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">LaRosa, Susan, and Debra Cormier. __Assessment and Evaluation: Procedures for Ministry Policy Implementation__. 2006. York Catholic District School Board. 12 Feb. 2009 http://www.ycdsb.ca/.


 * __New Teacher Application Tips__**
 * Courses and Units must be designed to weight the majority of the grade percentage on the most recent entries.
 * As educators we should assess learning skills separate from the curriculum
 * As educators you will be required to report a minimum of 2 grades per semester (1 mid-term and 1 final)
 * A student is only required to display an understanding of the curriculum by the end of the course and educators are not to be grading the curriculum component on progress, but they should be graded on overall enduring understanding.
 * Assessment should be used as formative assessment
 * Evaluation should be used a summative assessment
 * Educators should be using a variety of strategies to obtain assessment and evaluation reports.
 * If a student holds less than 50% at mid term report time you must indicate the student has "insufficient achievement; credit at risk"
 * Plagiarism is a serious offence in the board and all students must be reminded frequently about the serious consequences of plagiarism (up to a 5 day suspension)