Highlights from Royal Oak Schools MYP Assessment Policy

• --What do we want to learn?
• --How will we know if we've learned?
• --What will we do if we haven't learned?

Purposes of assessment:

• --Support and encourage learning and progress toward meeting district goals, IB/MYP criteria and certificate, and state of Michigan Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for graduation and college/career readiness.
• --Provide feedback to students, parents, and teachers on student progress in learning
• --Promote critical and higher-order thinking skills, deep and authentic understanding of content, inquiry into real-world contexts, and positive attitudes toward lifelong learning.
• --Reflect international-mindedness
• --Support development of the whole student

Methods of Assessment:

• --Projects, Presentations, and Performances (both live and/or incorporating digital media)
• --Essays, Compositions, Lab Reports
• --Portfolios,Process Journals, Writers Notebooks
• --Tests, Quizzes, Exams
• --Group or Panel Discussions, Online Forums, Socratic Seminars

MYP and DP Grade Equivalency

AP Literature Grade Equivalency