At Community School of Davidson, on-going assessment constantly drives instruction, enabling teachers to individualize instruction and promote student learning at the highest level. All assessments are authentic in nature, meaning that students do not “prepare” for a test only to forget the material immediately after. Rather, assessment is used as a tool to inform and guide teachers as they make instructional decisions. 

CSD teachers utilize a variety of assessment techniques in order to cover the various domains of learning. Therefore, assessments take on many forms, including performance-based tasks, teacher anecdotal notes based on oral discussions and/or written responses, cooperative group work, portfolios, and also, the more traditional paper-and-pencil tests.

You can find more detailed information about our philosophy on assessments and End of Grade testing by taking a look at our curricular philosophy document.

If you are interested in seeing an example of our report cards; please find the grade level you are most interested in below, and follow that link.

Kindergarten
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth