A - Advanced

• Consistently demonstrates high use of advanced thinking, skill and understanding of grade-level standards.
  
• Test scores consistently indicate a high level of understanding of grade level concepts and skills.
  
• The student intuitively makes connections and applications to other areas.
  
• The student consistently uses appropriate academic language.
  
• Student work is complete and well organized - demonstrating a high level of commitment.

B - Proficient

• Consistently meets and understands grade-level standards.
  
• Test scores indicate a concrete understanding of grade level concepts and skills.
  
• The student uses a variety of skills to demonstrate their understanding.
  
• The student may need prompting to utilize particular processes/strategies.
  
• Student work is complete and organized.

C - Basic

• Approaching grade-level standards.
  
• The student demonstrates some basic foundational levels.
  
• The student may have gaps in understanding and test scores may be inconsistent.
  
• The student relies on familiar strategies and requires scaffolding and prompting to access grade level standards.
  
• Student work is generally complete but quality, thoroughness and organization varies.

D - Below Basic

• Consistently performing below grade-level standards.
  
• Test scores indicate little or very weak understanding and acquisition of grade level concepts and skills.
• Student work varies widely in quality, thoroughness and completion.

F - Far Below Basic

• The student lacks basic foundational skills to access grade-level standards.
  
• Test scores indicate little or no understanding of grade level concepts and skills.
• Student work demonstrates little or no understanding or may be frequently incomplete.

Fluency stardards are expressed in words correct per minute (wcpm). Fluency standards change each trimester. Fluency tests are grade level passages.

Fluency stardards are expressed in words correct per minute (wcpm). Fluency standards change each trimester. Fluency tests are grade level passages.