My Proposed Grading System for a 7th Grade Integrated Science Curriculum

Alex Van Dusen

Vanguard University
EDUG 507 - Assessment of Student Learning
09/27/2016

My goal as a teacher is to prepare students to succeed in their futures. My vision for a

science curriculum includes allowing students to take control of their learning experiences and
challenging students to increase their academic potential. Considering the importance of test
taking for their futures, I believe that I have a responsibility to prepare my students to effectively
take tests. I will most definitely assign projects and reports to shape and assess student learning,
but I also will get my students comfortable with test taking. Thus, I will utilize nearly all types of
assessments on a regular basis. The main types of summative assessments that I will use will be
tests, projects, and written/ oral reports.
All three of the main types of assessments that I will use will be graded approximately
with the same weight. I plan on implementing many other types of assignments that will allow
students to build a stronger understanding of the topics, but those assignments will not be graded
as heavily. I want my students to develop strategies and techniques for learning new material. To
scaffold this process, many of the assignments that I will give will contribute to their learning
process, and the strategies will be applicable for future classes that they will take. These
assignments will not be weighted heavily, but I will grade them in order to strongly encourage
students to complete them.