Key Ideas

body of evidence = multiple aligned tasks over time, not one quiz or test.
Evidence is aligned to learning targets and success criteria, not to points.
Teachers use shared feedback codes: ET (Exceeds), AT (Achieving), PT (Progressing Toward), NM (Not Meeting), M (Missing).
Homework is practice and not part of the body of evidence; multi-step projects can be.

You don’t grade “everything” and you don’t average points.
Instead, you:

Decide where the student is most consistently: Exceeding, Achieving, Progressing, or Not Meeting the target.

Scenarios

Elementary

Secondary

Over several days, a student’s addition evidence shows a clear upward trend:

Early exit tickets = 1 and 2
Later problem-solving task = 3
The most consistent and recent evidence indicates Meeting Target.

n a theme-analysis topic, a student produces:

Across the week, a student's fluency increases from halting and inaccurate to smooth, accurate reading.
Final evidence = meeting benchmark → 3

In Geometry, a student completes four performance tasks:

PT, PT, AT, AT
Recent work shows consistent mastery → Topic score reflects Achieving