Curriculum & Assessments

 CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT 

 

At Al-Madinah Elementary School we nurture a child’s natural love of learning with caring teachers and a stimulating curriculum. Al-Madinah Elementary School's curriculum meets the rigorous New York State Common Core standards. These standards serve as a consistent set of expectations for what students should learn and be able to do in each grade level, so that we can ensure that every student is on track for college and career readiness. We work to ensure that students will gain the necessary skills, knowledge and expertise to succeed and move beyond just the basic competency. We also work to promote rigorous high order thinking skills to prepare them for the 21st century learning.

 

Monitoring, assessing and creating a quality curriculum is an ongoing priority due to the range of grade levels each curriculum covers, the quality of the available instructional materials, and the changing expectations for student learning. At Al-Madinah School we use many different types of monitoring and assessing to drive our instruction in the classroom. We emphasize the common core standards based curriculum and monitor performance-based learning and assessment in order to build our instruction in the classrooms. 

 

The curriculum and assessments that we are currently using are the latest and most up to date:

 

GRADES K-2

GRADES 3-5

Literacy	Mathematics	Literacy	Mathematics
Scott Foresman: Reading Street Common Core Edition	Envision 2.0 Common Core	Scott Foresman: Reading Street Common Core Edition	Envision 2.0 Common Core
Writing Pathways By: Lucy Calkins	i-Ready	Writing Pathways By: Lucy Calkins	i-Ready
i-Ready	Terra-Nova Math Exam	i-Ready	New York State Mathematics Exam 3 -5
Fountas & Pinnell - Benchmark Assessment System 1		Fountas & Pinnell - Benchmark Assessment System 2
Terra-Nova Reading Exam		New York State ELA Exam 3-5

 

 

Al-Madinah School – Elementary Division

STUDENT EVALULATION POLICY

There are four marking periods in the year. Each marking period is approximately 10 weeks long. Grades are calculated at the end of each marking period. Each marking period constitutes 25% of the final grade. The final grade is the average of four marking periods.

To ensure that our students are “college and career ready,” our Elementary School Grading Policy is aligned to meet the rigorous expectations of the New York State Common Core Learning Standards.

For academic subjects, the marking period is calculated as follows:

                                                20% Homework

        30% Class work and participation

        50% Assessments

Once the numeric grade is calculated, it is converted to the New York State Performance Standards Levels.  

Non-academic subjects (Phys. Ed., Art, STEM, Coding, Handwriting) are graded as follows:

       E = Excellent

      G = Good

      S = Satisfactory

      N = Needs Improvement

      U = Unsatisfactory

In addition, students are graded on conduct and comments and homeroom grades. Please see sample report card.

NEW YORK STATE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS LEVELS

Level 4	94 – 100	Indicates student exceeds New York State Common Core Learning Standards.
Level 3	80 – 93	Indicates student meets New York State Common Core Learning Standards.
Level 2	65 – 79	Indicates student is approaching New York State Common Core Learning Standards.
Level 1	64 & below	Indicates student does not meet/is below the level of the New York State Common Core Learning Standards.

PROMOTION STANDARDS

Students must be reading at grade level in order to be promoted to the next grade.

Reading Levels

Grade	Level	Grade	Level
K	E/F or above	3	Q or above
1	L or above	4	U or above
2	N or above	5	W or above

Grades	Standards
K – 2	Students must pass Reading & Language, Mathematics, and Quran, Arabic, and Islamic Studies with a 2.5 or above.
3 – 4	Students must pass Reading & Language, Mathematics, Science or Social Studies and Quran, Arabic, and Islamic Studies with a grade of 2.5 or above,
5	Students must pass all subjects with a 2.5 or above.

Attendance Regulations

According to the New York City Chancellor’s Regulations, students must have a 90% attendance rate in order to be promoted to the next grade.