MR. ERICSON ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES. The information on this fiyer will describe the assessment procedures that will be used in my classroom, including my philosophy on grading, assessment, and homework. rT | believe that the purpose of grades is to communicate student achievement of learning targets. Tests and Quizzes will be worth roughly 70% of the final grade, labs and projects will be worth 20%, and homework 10%. Learning targets are statements of educational material that students should be able to accomplish after completion of the course. Assessments are a student's opportunity to demonstrate their mastery of learning targets. | believe that assessment should be ongoing in the classroom, utilizing both formal and informal assessments in order to adjust instruction for better learning. | believe that the most important thing is that students learn what they are supposed to learn, regardless of when they learn it during the semester. For this reason, | will allow test and quiz retakes for full credit. Homework is a student's chance to practice the material that they will be assessed on in the future. Some homework in my class will be graded, but most will not. | want the student's final grade to reflect their achievement after they have finished learning, not during the learning process.