Assessment Icons

While navigating the curriculum guide you will notice courses labeled with the icons below. This is meant to be a simple visual reference to recognize courses that have largely been designed around an assessment of a particular skill or process.

Major Writing Evaluation

Courses with this tag will focus largely on student writing. Students should expect a significant writing assignment as a summative experience in this course.

Summative Traditional Test

Courses with this tag will prepare students for a traditional style summative test. Certain courses with this tag could result in alternative credentialing, such as Advanced Placement credit.

Collaborative Project

Courses with this tag will provide students with the experience of working on a longformat collaborative project with peers. Students entering these courses should expect to work on communication, both among peers and through public presentation.

Public Performance / Showcase

Courses with this tag will result in some form of public performance or showcase of student work. This could vary between a scheduled group performance to the publication of an individual student’s work.

Creative Design & Production

Courses with this tag will provide students an opportunity to design and create through varying methods and with use of various media.