While students will have opportunities to show what they know and can do on standardized tests many times throughout their years in Parkway, the broadest, deepest, and most reliable indices of student achievement are the grades assigned by their classroom teachers. Students' grades reflect many observations by many people across extended periods of time over the full range of benchmarks and major learnings that comprise Parkway's curriculum. The development and implementation of the Student Assessment Plan refers continually to core principles and beliefs articulated by Parkway's Student Assessment Committee and formally adopted in the spring of 1997. Learning can be assessed. Assessment is an integral part of excellence.
Assessment provides for accountability.
Assessment reflects what we value. Assessment is multifaceted. Assessment is for the benefit of students. Teachers should be the primary assessors. Assessment must adhere to any applicable legal requirements.