Standard 10

Students demonstrate their learning through performance-based assessments and have opportunities to develop self-assessment and self-monitoring skills.

Students at Somerset Gables demonstrate learning by applying learned content through performance-based assessments and activities. They self-assess and monitor their progress revising as necessary through their performances using rubrics, maker mats, and task cards. Students frequently attend competitions such as the District Science Fair, several SECME competitions, Somerset Math Bowl, and Battle of the Books. In the classrooms, teachers use performance-based assessments to ensure that students comprehend the material and master concepts. In the last ten years, our educators have assessed students through Egg Drop Competitions, STEM skits, creating electrical circuits, observing erosion using rocks, creating rollercoasters to understand physical science concepts, and other similar assessments. Showing students and families that this form of assessment is as essential as a summative assessment. It allows us, as educators and leaders, to see the students thinking through applications.