Learning progress is reliably assessed and consistently and clearly communicated.

Concept A: (3) Educators consistently use the institution’s established common grading practices and criteria to represent the learner’s attainment of content knowledge and skills. These are assessed based on a variety of formative and summative assessment data to ensure each learner improves and is prepared for the next level through consistent and clear communication.

Concept B: (3) Formal and informal communication about each learner’s progress is frequently provided to appropriate stakeholders, including the individual learner, in language that is clear and understandable.

Learning progress at the school is reliably assessed and communicated. Common grading practices and criteria to represent learners’ attainment of knowledge and skills are used across all grade levels. Educators use summative and formative assessments to ensure learner improvement and preparedness for the next level as a classroom practice. Communications about learner’s progress are formal, informal, shared with individual learners, parents, and with other appropriate stakeholders, in clear and understandable language.