Assessments

  • West Des Moines Community Schools administers a variety of assessments to provide students, parents, and staff members with performance information.

    Such information is used for:

    • identifying how and when to provide differentiated instruction.
    • monitoring student growth over time.
    • determining the extent to which students are meeting district and state standards.
    • providing data to help improve the curriculum and instruction.
    • assisting with the creation of staff goals.
    • assisting with the development of district and building goals.
    • analyzing trends at the state and national level. How does WDMCS compare?
    • providing high school students information for making post-secondary educational and vocational decisions.

     

    Effective Grading Practices

    We are committed to and are making strides toward improving our grading practices to ensure all students’ grades are a true picture of what they know and are able to do in each course.

    The purpose of grading is to communicate achievement relative to course standards to students and parents.

  • High School Testing

    WDMCS high school students may take a variety of assessments throughout their high school years to provide them, their parents/guardians, and their high schools’ staff with performance information.  Such information is used for:

    • placement in appropriate courses;
    • identifying the need for additional instruction;
    • monitoring student growth;
    • determining the extent to which students are meeting district and state standards;
    • providing information to enrich the curriculum and instruction;
    • providing information for making post-secondary educational and vocational decision.
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