Authentic Assessment
 Learning at a Big Picture School should be seen as a learning process that is accentuated with quality products.
There are high expectations for each student at Big Picture Schools. The criteria of assessment are individualized to the student and the real world standards of a project (as gauged by the internship mentor). Students engaged in this process at Big Picture Schools are not assessed by tests and are not given grades.
The assessments at a Big Picture School include public exhibitions (one per quarter or trimester which track growth, progress, and quality of work in the learning plan and academic depth in the learning goals); weekly check-in meetings with advisors; weekly journals; yearly presentation portfolios; and, transcripts (to translate the information in a way colleges can understand). Gateways for students’ progress are between 10th and 11th grade and at graduation.
Essential Elements of Authentic Assessment include:
• Quarterly exhibitions
• Portfolios (yearly and gateway)
• Narrative assessments (self and advisor)
• Real-world standards for assessment guidelines
• No grades
• Weekly individual check-ins (advisor and student)
• Journaling to reflect on learning at least 3 times per week
• Gateway to Senior Institute (ritual and exhibition structure)
• Graduation readiness
• Autobiographies (50 to 100 pages for seniors as a graduation requirement)
• Depth of work
• Academic transcripts ~ working transcripts
• Big Picture 101, 201, 301, 401
• Parents, mentors, staff and multi-grade peers attend exhibitions
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Board Meetings
DBPHS Board Meetings will take place on the second Wednesday of each month.
Meetings begin at 9am and are held at Denver Big Picture High School.
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