• Philosophy: Why does assessment matter?

    The Academy for Discovery at Lakewood staff believes that meaningful learning occurs when teachers and students aim for purposeful and appropriately challenging learning goals.  Assessment plays an important role in the achievement of those goals.  Clearly defined objectives establish those goals while success criteria describe the evidence needed to justify that these goals were met.  Effective assessment informs instructional decisions, provides feedback to guide improvement efforts and prompts the self reflection of students and teachers who use the information assessments generate.  The decisions fostered by assessment can help to make next steps more likely to result in progress toward targeted goals.  Strategically used assessment also supports the realization of Lakewood’s mission.  

    Purpose: Assessment to serve learning now and into the future

    Traditional report card grades can represent achievement attained, but frequently fail to drive learning or support progress for ALL students.  The ADL IB MYP assessment policy establishes goals and practices to enable Lakewood students, teachers and parents to use the information assessments provide to improve learning and instruction as they collaborate to ensure that ALL students are prepared to meet future challenges with success.  Within the Middle Years Programme, Lakewood has the opportunity to utilize the assessment practices required by IB in ways which provide the greatest chance for every individual student to experience significant growth as a learner prepared to meet future learning experiences. 

    Resources

    Access the complete ADL IB MYP Assessment Policy

    Synergy ParentVUE/StudentVUE: How to View Grades for IB MYP (Grades6-8)

     

    IB MYP Assessment Parent Information Sessions 

    These sessions, led by Ms. Gulledge, IB MYP coordinator, will help parents to further understand ADLs assessment policy and how it supports student learning.  Each session will also provide guidance on how to interpret student grades in ParentVue on Synergy.  All sessions will take place in ADL's media center (back). Please contact Ms. Gulledge at jgulledge@nps.k12.va.us for upcoming sessions and registration.

    Currently Scheduled Sessions

    Monday, November 25th , 3:15 pm - 3:45 pm

    Tuesday, December 3rd, 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm

    Tuesday, December 10th, 3:15 pm - 3:45 pm

    Please register here.