Middle School at Parkside

Grading and reporting in the IB

2015/16 School Year

Our Approach

Progress

Achievement

Approach to
Learning

Our Approach
Homework
Classwork
Quizzes
Exit Slips
Verbal Response

Tests
Quizzes
Projects
Labs Reports
Essays

Completion
Deadlines
Preparedness
Participation

ATL

Progress
This is not about accountability... this is about getting
better.
Classroom Assessment for Student Learning, Stiggins

Progress assignments
provide evidence of
progress toward
mastery of standards
thru student work on
learning targets.

Scale of Progress
Score

What it Means
3

Got it !

Questionable

Doesnt
Understand

The progress grade only occurs during

the learning process so it is not
calculated in the final grade. The
progress grade, that you will be able to
see, is a diagnostic tool that the
teacher and student use to track the
progress of learning.

Achievement
Assessment/evaluation designed to provide information to be used in making
judgments about a students achievement at the end of a period of
instruction.
-How to Grade for Learning, OConnor

Achievement
assignments
provide
evidence of mastery
of the standards.

IB Scale for Achievement

IB Score

Traditional
Grade

7-8

5-6

3-4

1-2

The achievement grades are used to

calculate the final grade in each
subject. Therefore, this grade is the
final rating of what the student has
learned relating to one or more of the
four criteria (A-D) found in each
subject area. Each criterion is scored
on a 0-8 scale by using rubrics
specifically created for the desired
achievement.

Approaches to Learning
The focus of this area is on teaching students how to learn and on
helping students find out about themselves as learners so that they can
develop learning skills.
-MYP: From principles into practice

ATL represents general

and subject-specific
learning skills that the
student will develop
and apply during the
programme and
beyond.

Scale for ATL

IB Score

Traditional
Grade

7-8

5-6

3-4

1-2

This grade is a singular category

and separate from the achievement
grade. The approach to learning
grade represents the students
ongoing development of skills, as
prescribed by the IB program, that
help your child learn how to learn.