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Course Assessment

Categories of knowledge and skills.

A student's achievement is evaluated based on these four categories:

1. Knowledge and Understanding (KU)
2. Inquiry / Thinking (I/T)
3. Communication (C)
4. Application (A)

The categories, defined by clear criteria, represent four broad areas of knowledge and skills within which achievement of the curriculum expectations for any given grade is assessed and evaluated. The four categories should be considered as interrelated, reflecting the wholeness and interconnectedness of learning.

This link will take you to further information on these categories (KICA)

Source: The Ontario Curriculum Grades 1 to 12: Achievement Charts (Draft) 2004, © Queen’s Printer for Ontario, 2005. http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/policy/achievement/index.html. July 20, 2005. Adapted.

Types of assessment

A final grade is recorded for each course, and a credit is granted and recorded for every course  in which the student’s grade is 50% or higher. The final grade for each course will be determined as follows:

• Seventy per cent of the grade will be based on assessments and evaluations conducted throughout the course.
• Thirty per cent of the grade will be based on a final evaluation in the form of an examination, performance, essay, and/or other method of evaluation suitable to the course content and administered towards the end of the course.