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York Secondary Grade Conversion Scale

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Performance Level Description

Final Summative Grade Value

Final Grade

  • No expectations listed below are met or demonstrated or no evidence of learning has been submitted.

Below 1.00

F

  • Does not meet grade level expectations even with significant support.
  • Learning is basic, limited, and contains many significant gaps or misunderstandings.
  • Opinions or judgments are rarely justified and lack detail.
  • Infrequently demonstrates critical or creative thinking.
  • Rarely applies knowledge and skills without significant support.
  • Unable to transfer basic knowledge to unfamiliar situations.

1.00-1.49

F

  • Meets grade level expectations with limited support.
  • Produces work of an acceptable quality.
  • Communicates basic understanding of many concepts and contexts, with occasionally significant misunderstandings or gaps.
  • Begins to demonstrate some basic critical and creative thinking.
  • Is often inflexible in the use of knowledge and skills, requiring support even in familiar classroom situations.

1.50-1.83

C-

1.84-2.16

C

2.17-2.49

C+

  • Consistently and independently meets grade level expectations.
  • Produces generally good-to-high-quality, work.
  • Communicates solid understanding of concepts and contexts.
  • Demonstrates critical and creative thinking, sometimes with sophistication.
  • Uses knowledge and skills in familiar classroom and real-world situations.
  • May use knowledge and skills in some unfamiliar real-world situations, with or without support.

2.50-2.66

B-

2.67-2.83

B

2.84-2.99

B+

  • Exceeds grade level expectations in a creative and innovative manner.
  • Produces high-quality or innovative work.
  • Communicates extensive or nuanced understanding of concepts and contexts.
  • Demonstrates critical and creative thinking, frequently with sophistication.
  • Uses knowledge and skills in familiar and unfamiliar classroom and real-world situations, often with independence.
  • Transfers knowledge and skills with independence and expertise in a variety of complex classroom and real-world situations.

3.00-3.25

A-

3.26-3.74

A

3.75-4.00

A+