Achievement Level

Descriptor:

Advanced

• Consistently is on time for class.
• Consistently brings all materials needed to successfully complete assignments (pencil, pen, books, notebooks, etc.).
• Consistently volunteers in class.
• Consistently completes assignments promptly and in a thorough manner.
• Consistently acts in an appropriate manner toward the teacher and other students.
• Consistently abides by school and classroom rules.

Proficient

• Often is on time for class.
• Often brings all materials needed to successfully complete assignments (pencil, pen, books, notebooks, etc.).
• Often volunteers in class.
• Often completes assignments.
• Often acts in an appropriate manner toward the teacher and other students.
• Often abides by school and classroom rules.

Needs Improvement

• Sometimes is on time for class.
• Sometimes brings materials needed to successfully complete assignments (pencil, pen, books, notebooks, etc.).
• Sometimes volunteers in class.
• Sometimes completes assignments.
• Sometimes acts in an appropriate manner toward the teacher and other students.
• Sometimes abides by school and classroom rules.

Failing

• Seldom is on time for class.
• Seldom brings materials needed to successfully complete assignments (pencil, pen, books, notebooks, etc.).
• Seldom volunteers in class.
• Seldom completes assignments.
• Seldom acts in an appropriate manner toward the teacher and other students.
• Seldom abides by school and classroom rules.

Achievement Level

Descriptor:

Advanced

• Consistently listens with sustained focus and concentration.
• Consistently follows multi-step verbal instructions.
• Consistently makes comparisons about, draws inferences and detects themes from verbal information.
• Utilizes verbal information in the development of hypotheses and new ideas.

Proficient

• Often listens with focus and concentration.
• Often follows multi-step verbal instructions.
• Often demonstrates knowledge of facts and ideas presented verbally.
• Makes comparisons about, draws inferences and detects themes from verbal information .

Needs Improvement

• Sometimes listens with focus and concentration.
• Follows simple verbal instructions.
• Discerns factual information.
• Sometimes demonstrates limited understanding of ideas and themes.

Failing

• Seldom listens with focus and concentration.
• Seldom follows verbal instructions.
• Often fails to comprehend factual information presented verbally.

Achievement Level

Descriptor:

Advanced

• Consistently reads with understanding of facts and ideas.
• Consistently interprets data accurately.
• Consistently evaluates and critiques written material.
• Consistently applies reading strategies to content assignments.
• Consistently develops hypotheses based on information presented.

Proficient

• Often reads with understanding of facts and ideas.
• Often interprets data accurately.
• Often demonstrates the ability to differentiate fact from opinion, make inferences, and draw conclusions.
• Often applies reading strategies to content area assignments.

Needs Improvement

• Reads with understanding of factual information.
• Sometimes interprets data accurately.
• Sometimes demonstrates the ability to differentiate fact from opinion, detect themes, and draw conclusions.
• Sometimes applies reading strategies to content area reading assignments.

Failing

• Seldom comprehends factual material.
• Seldom interprets data accurately.
• Seldom recognizes themes and ideas.
• Seldom applies reading strategies to content area assignments.
• Is unable to make inferences.

Achievement Level

Descriptor:

Advanced

•  Consistently demonstrates the ability to speak effectively.

•  Consistently uses appropriate language for audience, using correct vocabulary.

•  Consistently makes eye contact, uses appropriate volume, pronunciation, pace, posture, movement and gestures, and delivery for audience.

•  Consistently speaks in a well-organized manner, material flows in a logical order, is clear, complete and precise.

•  Consistently enhances the topic with many relevant details, effective verbal expressions with proper sentence structure and vocabulary that is appropriate to the topic.

•  Consistently holds the attention of the audience.

•  Consistently presents key concepts of the assignment, using concrete examples, and clearly and easily answers questions.

Proficient

•  Often demonstrates the ability to speak effectively.

•  Often uses appropriate language for audience, using correct vocabulary.

•  Often makes eye contact, uses appropriate volume, pronunciation, pace, posture, movement and gestures, and delivery for audience.

•  Often speaks in a well-organized manner, material flows in a logical order, is clear, complete and precise.

•  Often enhances the topic with many relevant details, effective verbal expressions with proper sentence structure and vocabulary that is appropriate to the topic.

•  Often holds the attention of the audience.

•  Often presents key concepts of the assignment, using concrete examples, and clearly and easily answers questions.

Needs Improvement

•  Sometimes demonstrates the ability to speak effectively.

•  Sometimes uses appropriate language for audience, using correct vocabulary.

•  Sometimes makes eye contact, uses appropriate volume, pronunciation, pace, posture, movement and gestures, and delivery for audience.

•  Sometimes speaks in a well-organized manner, material flows in a logical order, is clear, complete and precise.

•  Sometimes enhances the topic with many relevant details, effective verbal expressions with proper sentence structure and vocabulary that is appropriate to the topic.

•  Sometimes holds the attention of the audience.

•  Sometimes presents key concepts of the assignment, using concrete examples, and clearly and easily answers questions.

Failing

•  Seldom demonstrates the ability to speak effectively.

•  Seldom uses appropriate language for audience, using correct vocabulary.

•  Seldom makes eye contact, uses appropriate volume, pronunciation, pace, posture, movement and gestures, and delivery for audience.

•  Seldom speaks in a well-organized manner, material flows in a logical order, is clear, complete and precise.

•  Seldom enhances the topic with many relevant details, effective verbal expressions with proper sentence structure and vocabulary that is appropriate to the topic.

•  Seldom holds the attention of the audience.

•  Seldom presents key concepts of the assignment, using concrete examples, and clearly and easily answers questions.

Achievement Level

Descriptor:

Advanced

• Consistently writes with a minimal number of grammatical errors.
• Consistently demonstrates control of syntax.
• Consistently demonstrates command of vocabulary and use of verb tenses.
• Consistently utilizes correct spelling and punctuation.
• Consistently responds to writing assignments and assessments clearly and consistently.
• Topic and focus are clear.
• Demonstrates a clear progression of ideas.
• Writing has few, if any, errors relative to length and complexity.

Proficient

• Often displays a grasp of the topic.
• Often writes with few grammatical errors.
• Often demonstrates a good command of vocabulary and use of verb tenses.
• Often utilizes correct spelling and punctuation.
• Writing contains an introduction, body and conclusion.
• Writing has errors, but they do not interfere with communication.

Needs Improvement

• Sometimes displays command of vocabulary and use of correct verb tenses.
• Sometimes poorly expresses ideas in writing.
• Has frequent grammatical errors that interfere with clear communication.
• Writing lacks depth.
• Sometimes writing contains an introduction, body and conclusion.

Failing

• Seldom demonstrates competence in written expression.
• Seldom uses correct grammar and punctuation.
• Main ideas are unclear and rarely supported.
• Seldom does writing have an instruction, body and conclusion.
• Writing has many errors that seriously interfere with communication.

Achievement Level

Descriptor:

Advanced

•  Consistently identifies and describes the information needed to solve problems.

•  Consistently organizes and synthesizes information.

•  Consistently locates information and/or data in a variety of conventional and unique sources.

•  Consistently identifies a wide variety of relevant resources and uses them to effectively reach conclusions supported by ample evidence.

•  Consistently is able to critically compare, contrast and evaluate information.

•  Consistently demonstrates and applies mastery of a variety of complex thinking processes.

•  Consistently extends exploration or finds alternative approaches and/or solutions to solving problems and making decisions.

Proficient

•  Often articulates an understanding of the scope of the problem and the related issues involved.

•  Often selects and organizes information from a variety of sources/methods in support of a conclusion/solution.

•  Often locates information and/or data from a variety of sources.

•  Often compares, contrasts and evaluates information.

•  Often is able to justify conclusions and evaluate the process.

•  Often communicates information and ideas for a variety of purposes, in varying formats, both scholarly and creative, to a specific audience .

Needs Improvement

•  Sometimes identifies and describes the problem and some of the relevant issues/variables.

•  Sometimes gathers information from numerous sources.

•  Sometimes draws conclusions using a limited amount of evidence.

•  Sometimes uses information to compare and contrast.

•  Sometimes has difficulty determining an appropriate conclusion and presenting that conclusion.

Failing

•  Seldom is able to identify the problem or related issues.

•  Seldom selects information from a variety of sources.

•  Seldom organizes information.

•  Seldom presents information to support conclusions/solutions.

•  Is unable to make inferences.

Achievement Level

Descriptor:

Advanced

• Consistently abides by Durfee High School 's computer use policy.
• Consistently makes legal, ethical, and informed decisions among technology, resources and services.
• Consistently gathers information from multiple electronic and non-electronic sources, and cites properly.
• Evaluates situations and revises strategies to reach goals and strives for continuous improvement.
• Consistently analyzes information and draws conclusions independently.
• Consistently uses technology to research, organize, analyze, synthesize and evaluate the information to solve a problem.

Proficient

• Often abides by Durfee High School 's computer use policy.
• Often makes legal, ethical, and informed decisions among technology, resources, and services.
• Often gathers information from multiple electronic and non-electronic sources, and cites properly.
• Analyzes independently and draws conclusions with assistance.
• Often uses technology to identify, locate, gather, store, retrieve, and process information from a range of sources to solve a problem.
• Often understands and applies the basic technological tools and resources (i.e. word processing).

Needs Improvement

• Sometimes is aware of Durfee High School 's computer use policy, with a basic understanding of responsibilities.
• Sometimes gathers information from a limited number of electronic and non-electronic sources.
• Sometimes analyzes and draws conclusions with assistance.
• Sometimes utilizes technology to complete a school project.
• Sometimes understands basic technological applications and resources.

Failing

• Has little or no knowledge of Durfee High School 's computer use policy or comprehension of responsibilities when using a computer.
• Seldom gathers information from electronic resources.
• Restates information gathered from all sources used word for word.
• Seldom uses technology systems and resources to manage and communicate information.

Achievement Level

Descriptor:

Advanced

•  Consistently demonstrates the ability to work cooperatively with a group to accomplish a shared goal.

•  Consistently demonstrates an understanding that group work requires positive interdependence.

•  Consistently demonstrates an understanding of individual accountability.

•  Consistently demonstrates the ability to reflect on how well the team is functioning.

•  Consistently is able to lead problem solving negotiations.

•  Consistently demonstrates an understanding of cooperative effort and mutual benefit.

•  Consistently demonstrates caring, supportive and committed relationships with other group members.

•  Consistently demonstrates an understanding the group must be accountable for achieving its goals.

•  Consistently demonstrates an understanding that each member must be personally committed to each other as well as to their mutual goal.

Proficient

•  Often demonstrates the ability to work cooperatively with a group to accomplish a shared goal.

•  Often demonstrates an understanding that group work requires positive interdependence.

•  Often demonstrates an understanding of individual accountability.

•  Often demonstrates the ability to reflect on how well the team is functioning.

•  Often is able to lead problem solving negotiations.

•  Often demonstrates an understanding of cooperative effort and mutual benefit.

•  Often demonstrates caring, supportive and committed relationships with other group members.

•  Often demonstrates an understanding the group must be accountable for achieving its goals.

•  Often demonstrates an understanding that each member must be personally committed to each other as well as to their mutual goal.

Needs Improvement

•  Sometimes demonstrates the ability to work cooperatively with a group to accomplish a shared goal.

•  Sometimes demonstrates an understanding that group work requires positive interdependence.

•  Sometimes demonstrates an understanding of individual accountability.

•  Sometimes demonstrates the ability to reflect on how well the team is functioning.

•  Sometimes is able to lead problem solving negotiations.

•  Often demonstrates an understanding of cooperative effort and mutual benefit.

•  Sometimes demonstrates caring, supportive and committed relationships with other group members.

•  Sometimes demonstrates an understanding the group must be accountable for achieving its goals.

•  Sometimes demonstrates an understanding that each member must be personally committed to each other as well as to their mutual goal.

Failing

•  Seldom demonstrates the ability to work cooperatively with a group to accomplish a shared goal.

•  Seldom demonstrates an understanding that group work requires a student to work requires positive interdependence.

•  Seldom demonstrates an under of individual accountability.

•  Seldom demonstrates the ability to reflect on how well the team is functioning.

•  Seldom is able to lead problem solving negotiations.

•  Seldom demonstrates an understanding of cooperative effort and mutual benefit.

•  Seldom demonstrates caring, supportive and committed relationships with other group members.

•  Seldom demonstrates an understanding the group must be accountable for achieving its goals.

•  Seldom demonstrates an understanding that each member of the group must be committed to each other as well as to their mutual goal.

Achievement Level

Descriptor:

Advanced

•  Understands the values of a constitutional democracy.

•  Defines political authority, its sources and functions.

•  Consistently demonstrates an understanding of the roles and functions of local government.

•  Consistently demonstrate an understanding of the roles and functions of state government.

•  Consistently demonstrates and understanding of the roles and functions of the federal government.

•  Evaluates governmental activity based on an understanding of local, state and federal law.

Proficient

•  Understands the values and principles of a constitutional democracy.

•  Defines political authority, its sources and functions.

•  Almost always demonstrates an understanding of the roles and functions of local government.

•  Often demonstrates an understanding of the roles and functions of state government.

•  Often demonstrates an understanding of the roles of the federal government.

•  Makes inferences about governmental activity based on an understanding of local, state and federal law.

Needs Improvement

•  Sometimes demonstrates an understanding of the values and principles of a constitutional democracy.

•  Sometimes defines political authority, its sources and functions.

•  Sometimes demonstrates an understanding of the roles and functions of local government.

•  Sometimes demonstrates an understanding of the roles and functions of state government.

•  Sometimes demonstrate an understanding of the roles and functions of the federal government.

Failing

•  Seldom demonstrates an understanding of the values and principles of a constitutional democracy.

•  Seldom identifies political authority, its sources and functions.

•  Seldom demonstrates an understanding of the roles and functions of local government.

•  Seldom demonstrates an understanding of the roles and functions of state government.

•  Seldom demonstrates an understanding of the roles of the federal government.

Achievement Level

Descriptor:

Advanced

•  Possesses the knowledge and skills needed to be an effective and informed citizen.

•  Consistently distinguishes between the public life of the citizen, concerned with the affairs of the community and nation and the personal life of the individual, devoted to the pursuit of private interests.

•  Consistently demonstrates an understanding that civil society is the sphere of voluntary individual, social and economic relationships/groups.

•  Understands the rights and responsibilities of a citizen within a democratic society.

•  Consistently demonstrates an understanding of the importance of the rule of law, as well as the purposes and functions of law.

•  Consistently demonstrates an understanding of the process by which a group with divergent views can reach a consensus.

•  Consistently demonstrates an understanding of how a group of individuals can accomplish goals that could not be realized by an individual.

•  Consistently applies civic ideals as they relate to personal behavior.

•  Consistently demonstrates the ability to evaluate, critique and develop priorities in personal decision making.

Proficient

•  Possesses the knowledge and skills needed to be an effective and informed citizen.

•  Distinguishes between the public life of the citizen, concerned with the affairs of the community and nation and the personal life of the individual, devoted to the pursuit of private interests.

•  Often understands the rights and responsibilities of a citizen within a democratic society.

•  Often understands the importance of the rule of law, as well as the purposes and functions of law.

•  Often demonstrates an understanding of how a group of individuals can accomplish goals that could not be realized by an individual.

•  Often applies civic ideals as they relate to personal behavior.

•  Often demonstrates the ability to evaluate, critique and develop priorities in personal decision making.

Needs Improvement

•  Possesses the knowledge and skills needed to be an effective and informed citizen.

•  Sometimes distinguishes between the public life of the citizen, concerned with the affairs of the community and nation and the personal life of the individual, devoted to the pursuit of private interests.

•  Sometimes demonstrates an understanding of the rights and responsibilities of a citizen within a democratic society.

•  Sometimes demonstrates an understanding of the importance of the rule of law, as well as the purposes and functions of law.

•  Sometimes describes the process by which a group with divergent views can reach a consensus.

•  Sometimes demonstrates an understanding of how a group of individuals can accomplish goals that could not be realized by an individual.

•  Sometimes demonstrates the ability to apply civic ideals to personal behavior.

•  Sometimes demonstrates the ability to investigate, make inferences and develop priorities in personal decision making.

Failing

•  Seldom demonstrates the ability to distinguish between the public life of the citizen and the personal life of an individual.

•  Seldom demonstrates an understanding of the rights and responsibilities of a citizen within a democratic society.

•  Seldom demonstrates an understanding of the importance of the rule of law, as well as the purposes and functions of law.

•  Is unable to describe the process by which a group with divergent views can reach a consensus.

•  Does not understand how a group of individuals can accomplish goals that could not be realized by an individual.

•  Seldom demonstrates the knowledge and skills needed to be an effective and informed citizen.

•  Seldom applies civic ideals as they relate to personal behavior.

•  Seldom demonstrates the ability to investigate, make inferences and develop priorities in personal decision making.

Achievement Level

Descriptor:

Advanced

• Consistently participates in community involvement.
• Consistently utilizes meaningful experiences to develop life skills and career goals.
• Consistently motivates others to participate.
• Consistently demonstrates a strong work ethic, accountability, dependability, integrity and the ability to cooperate.

Proficient

• Often participates in community involvement.
• Often utilizes meaningful experiences to develop life skills and career goals.
• Often motivates others to participate.
• Often demonstrates a strong work ethic, accountability, dependability, integrity and the ability to cooperate.

Needs Improvement

• Sometimes participates in community involvement.
• Sometimes utilizes meaningful experiences to develop life skills and career goals.
• Sometimes motivates others to participate
• Sometimes demonstrates a strong work ethic, accountability, dependability, integrity and the ability to cooperate.

Failing

• Seldom participates in community involvement.
• Seldom utilizes meaningful experiences to develop life skills and career goals.
• Seldom motivates others to participate.
• Seldom demonstrates a strong work ethic, accountability, dependability, integrity and the ability to cooperate.

Achievement Level

Descriptor:

Advanced

• Consistently exhibits an understanding of the individual differences of others, regardless of differences in gender, race, ethnicity, religion, disability, or sexual preference.
• Consistently interacts in a courteous and respectful manner with all individuals.
• Consistently models tolerance and acceptance of others.
• Consistently believes in individuals' right to freely express themselves.

Proficient

• Often exhibits an understanding of the individual differences of others, regardless of differences in gender, race, ethnicity, religion, disability, or sexual preference.
• Often interacts in a courteous and respectful manner with all individuals.

• Often models tolerance and acceptance of others.
• Often believes in individuals' right to freely express themselves.

Needs Improvement

• Sometimes exhibits an understanding of the individual differences of others, regardless of differences in gender, race, ethnicity, religion, disability, or sexual preference.
• Sometimes interacts in a courteous and respectful manner with all individuals.

• Sometimes models tolerance and acceptance of others.
• Sometimes believes in individuals' right to freely express themselves.

Failing

• Seldom exhibits an understanding of the individual differences of others, regardless of differences in gender, race, ethnicity, religion, disability, or sexual preference.
• Seldom interacts in a courteous and respectful manner with all individuals.

• Seldom models tolerance and acceptance of others.
• Seldom believes in individuals' right to freely express themselves.

Achievement Level

Descriptor:

Advanced

• Consistently exhibits an understanding of the cultural differences of others, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, disability, or sexual preference.
• Consistently interacts in a courteous and respectful manner with individuals of all cultures.
• Consistently models tolerance and acceptance of other cultures.
• Consistently believes that individuals from a different culture have the right to freely express themselves.
• Consistently joins in the activities of peoples from different cultures.

Proficient

• Often exhibits an understanding of the cultural differences of others, regardless of differences in race, ethnicity, religion, disability, or sexual preference.
• Often interacts in a courteous and respectful manner with individuals of all cultures.

• Often models tolerance and acceptance of other cultures.
• Often believes individuals from another culture have the right to freely express themselves.
• Often joins in the activities of peoples from different cultures.

Needs Improvement

• Sometimes exhibits an understanding of the cultural differences of others, regardless of differences in race, ethnicity, religion, disability, or sexual preference.
• Sometimes interacts in a courteous and respectful manner with individuals of all cultures.

• Sometimes models tolerance and acceptance of other cultures.
• Sometimes believes individuals from another culture have the right to freely express themselves.

• Sometimes joins in the activities of peoples from different cultures.

Failing

• Seldom exhibits an understanding of the cultural differences of others, regardless of differences in race, ethnicity, religion, disability, or sexual preference.
• Seldom interacts in a courteous and respectful manner with individuals of all cultures.

• Seldom models tolerance and acceptance of other cultures.
• Seldom believes individuals from another culture have the right to freely express themselves.

• Seldom joins in the activities of peoples from different cultures.

Achievement Level

Descriptor:

Advanced

• Consistently exhibits respect for teachers, administrators, fellow students, parents and community members.
• Consistently displays respect for people's individual differences and cultures.
• Consistently speaks in a respectful manner to all individuals.
• Consistently exhibits respect for the school facility.
• Consistently displays sound judgment in school related activities.

Proficient

• Often exhibits respect for teachers, administrators, fellow students, parents and community members.
• Often displays respect for people's individual differences and cultures.
• Often speaks in a respectful manner to all individuals.
• Often exhibits respect for the school facility.

• Often displays sound judgment in school related activities.

Needs Improvement

• Sometimes exhibits respect for teachers, administrators, fellow students, parents and community members.
• Sometimes displays respect for people's individual differences and cultures.
• Sometimes speaks in a respectful manner to all individuals.
• Sometimes exhibits respect for the school facility.

• Sometimes displays sound judgment in school related activities.

Failing

• Seldom exhibits respect for teachers, administrators, fellow students, parents and community members.
• Seldom displays respect for people's individual differences and cultures.
• Seldom speaks in a respectful manner to all individuals.
• Seldom exhibits respect for the school facility.

• Seldom displays sound judgment in school related activities.