Common Grading Scale
In a 4-point common grading system, students are assessed based on their proficiency in meeting state academic standards. At Farnsworth Upper Aerospace Magnet (the Home of Future Leaders), teachers will take the Minnesota Academic Standards, which are broad statements of skills and understandings, and break these down into specific and measurable learning goals for each course. Learning goals are what students should know (content and concepts) or be able to do (skills and problem solving). This means that teachers will assess a student’s progress towards meeting each standard based learning goal by indicating the quality at which a student’s work meets a learning goal.