La Paz students are evaluated on a diverse set of non-quantifiable skills that are essential for 21st century success.
Portfolio Based Assessment
La Paz Community School’s assessment focuses on process as well as product in student development of knowledge, attitude, and skills. Students are responsible for creating and presenting assessment portfolios with samples of student work, student and group reflection, and student self-assessment in addition to teacher and peer feedback. Preschool assessment is primarily narrative, and kindergarten–10th grades include both numerical evaluation, narrative assessment, and portfolios.
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Across grade levels, student work and social development is assessed with a grading rubric from zero to four
- 4: Exemplary
- 3: Proficient
- 2: Developing
- 1: Emerging
- 0: No Evidence
The criteria for this rubric is based on Bloom’s Taxonomy, which consists of three categories: cognitive, which focuses on mental skills (knowledge); affective, which focuses on growth in feelings or emotional areas (attitude); and psychomotor, which focuses on manual or physical skills (skills).
