School-wide Academic, Civic, and Social Expectations

The Tourtellotte Memorial High School community has identified and adopted five learning expectations and a civic and social expectation with performance indicators, which support the accomplishment of the school's mission. They are supported by the school's statement of academic expectations established by all departments in the school. Student achievement for each learning expectation is assessed using a rubric. A rating of proficient or higher is part of the graduation competencies at Tourtellotte Memorial High School.

Scoring Guide
Exemplary Needs Improvement Proficient Unacceptable

Upon graduation, students should be proficient or exemplary
in all core learner expectation areas.

The Tourtellotte Memorial High School graduate will be able to:

1.0 Solve a variety of problems by:

1.1 Defining the problem.

Exemplary

Draws on related knowledge to create an insightful question/purpose for exploration

Proficient

Draws on related knowledge to create a question/purpose for exploration

Needs Improvement

Develops an unclear question/purpose for exploration

Unacceptable

Does not develop a question/purpose for exploration

1.2 Collecting formulas, logical statements, and/or information.

Exemplary

Uses multiple sources to gather evidence to strongly support and defend question/purpose

Proficient

Uses multiple sources to gather evidence to support and defend question/purpose

Needs Improvement

Uses limited sources to gather scant evidence to support question/purpose

Unacceptable

Does not gather enough evidence to support question/purpose

1.3 Compiling, interpreting, and communicating evidence.

Exemplary

Meaningfully organizes, interprets, and clearly articulates evidence

Proficient

Organizes, interprets, and presents evidence

Needs Improvement

Organizes evidence but poorly interprets it

Unacceptable

Does not organize evidence

1.4 Drawing logical conclusions.

Exemplary

Synthesizes evidence to arrive at logical conclusions, relating them to general concepts and similar situations

Proficient

Synthesizes evidence to arrive at logical conclusions

Needs Improvement

The conclusion is not supported by the evidence or is incomplete

Unacceptable

Conclusion is missing or does not answer the original question/purpose