The student is beginning to grasp and apply key concepts, processes, and skills for the grade level but produces work that contains many errors. The student's work is comparable to the student models and rubric s that are labeled approaching . The student is working on key indicators that are one or more years below grade level. The student's work is comparable to the student models and rubric s that are labeled below . Grades and standards provide different viewpoints on student knowledge and performance.
Standards describe specifically what a student knows and can do.
A student may be proficient in one standard in a subject area but not at another. The student receives individual marks for each standard in a subject area. For example, in math, a student may be proficient in Patterns and Equations but not in Number Sense. Grades measured academic achievement as well as progress over the year, effort, completion of assignments, ability to meet deadlines, etc. A student received one academic grade for a subject area.