{"id":675,"date":"2021-07-12T11:11:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T18:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/lake-trail-community-school\/?page_id=675"},"modified":"2023-07-05T12:56:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T19:56:41","slug":"assessment-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/lake-trail-community-school\/assessment-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Assessment Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ij9zq-4fb1bceb9cbd4772f3f493d50092f32e\">\n.flex_column.av-ij9zq-4fb1bceb9cbd4772f3f493d50092f32e{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-ij9zq-4fb1bceb9cbd4772f3f493d50092f32e av_one_third  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-huexi-b70654f5ff2e67a3d6c8cb288ca49ad7\">\n.avia-image-container.av-huexi-b70654f5ff2e67a3d6c8cb288ca49ad7 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-huexi-b70654f5ff2e67a3d6c8cb288ca49ad7 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-huexi-b70654f5ff2e67a3d6c8cb288ca49ad7 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-545 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-545 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/lake-trail-community-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/06\/colored-pencils.jpg\" alt='' title='colored pencils'  height=\"1241\" width=\"600\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/lake-trail-community-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/06\/colored-pencils.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/lake-trail-community-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/06\/colored-pencils-145x300.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/lake-trail-community-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/06\/colored-pencils-498x1030.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/lake-trail-community-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/06\/colored-pencils-341x705.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-7lzta-8508ceabb524f5078aeb3d31c5906f23\">\n.flex_column.av-7lzta-8508ceabb524f5078aeb3d31c5906f23{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-7lzta-8508ceabb524f5078aeb3d31c5906f23 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-kpws6y6s-44e5a8f3973b3d8418ac10e086d11e8e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1 class=\"pageTitle \">Assessment Policy<\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Lake Trail Community School &#8211; <\/strong><strong>Student Assessment Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We believe that quality assessment, ongoing evaluation, continuous reporting, and clear communication of student progress, are essential components of learning. \u00a0A clear assessment practice provides accurate information about individual students and leads to an evaluation and communication process which is beneficial, accurate and meaningful for both students and parents.<\/p>\n<p>At Lake Trail Community School, each student participates in a process of assessment for learning and assessment of learning with regular opportunities for student growth and reflection.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guiding Principles for Fair Assessment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Assessment is used to improve, guide and support student learning.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Assessment is an ongoing process.<\/li>\n<li>Teachers assess student learning, describe what the learner knows and can do, and then use this information to adjust instruction for individual learners, small groups, whole classes, and to assist in planning of further instruction.<\/li>\n<li>Learners are active participants in the assessment process.<\/li>\n<li>Communication about learner assessment and evaluation is ongoing, clear, purposeful, meaningful and respectful.<\/li>\n<li>Assessment and evaluation of student progress must be in relation to learning expectations as laid out by the \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/curriculum.gov.bc.ca\/curriculum-info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B.C. Ministry of Education\u2019s curriculum<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Our practices are consistent with the guidelines outlined by the Ministry of Education in their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/curriculum.gov.bc.ca\/sites\/curriculum.gov.bc.ca\/files\/pdf\/assessment\/a-framework-for-classroom-assessment.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Framework for Classroom Assessment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guiding Principles for Communication of Student Learning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Communicating learning is done in a variety of ways from a growth perspective while focusing on the development of competencies.\u00a0 It is an ongoing and collaborative process that provides a clear and accurate picture of each student\u2019s learning journey.\u00a0\u00a0 The criteria for student learning are based on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/curriculum.gov.bc.ca\/curriculum-info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B.C. Ministry of Education\u2019s curriculum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Our teachers use digital portfolios and\/or summaries of learning to communicate student progress.\u00a0 Digital portfolios have samples of student work from throughout the year.\u00a0 Posts contain various elements including descriptive feedback, student voice, and next steps for student learning.\u00a0 For more details please look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.sd71.bc.ca\/class\/sf8oco6\/whatareeportfolios\/Documents\/Guiding%20Parameters%20for%20Reporting.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guiding Parameters of Reporting<\/a>\u00a0that we use.<\/p>\n<p>In the portfolios you will see terms and reference to a proficiency scale (see below).\u00a0 This is the language we use to describe how a child is doing in specific areas of their learning.\u00a0 This scale is consistent with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/curriculum.gov.bc.ca\/sites\/curriculum.gov.bc.ca\/files\/pdf\/assessment\/a-framework-for-classroom-assessment.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ministry\u2019s Framework for Classroom Assessment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/lake-trail-community-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/07\/Proficiency-Scale.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"742\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/lake-trail-community-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/07\/Proficiency-Scale.png 627w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/lake-trail-community-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/07\/Proficiency-Scale-300x107.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-675","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 00:33:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"post_tag","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/lake-trail-community-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/lake-trail-community-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/lake-trail-community-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/lake-trail-community-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/lake-trail-community-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/lake-trail-community-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2349,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/lake-trail-community-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/675\/revisions\/2349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/lake-trail-community-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/lake-trail-community-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}