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GROWING SUCCESS | assessment, evaluation, and reporting in Ontario schools
REPORTING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
Versions of the Reports
ELEMENTARY PROGRESS REPORT CARD
There are two main versions of the Elementary Progress Report Card:
• Grades 1 to 6
• Grades 7 and 8
There is also a version of each for the use of Catholic schools that includes a section called “Religious and Family Life Education”. All Catholic district school boards may organize the contents of this section to include designations of progress. However, the size and placement of this section may not be changed in any way.
All versions of the Elementary Progress Report Card are designed to show a student’s development of the learning skills and work habits during the fall of the school year, as well as a student’s general progress in working towards the achievement of the curriculum expectations in all subjects.
The Elementary Progress Report Card provides two areas that are to be designed by individual boards of education to be used consistently by all schools in the board:
1. At the top of the first page, boards may include information such as the board vision statement, board educational goals, or Ontario Catholic School Graduate Expectations. A space is also provided for the board logo.
2. The bottom of the second page may be designed to accommodate a board’s preferred means for teachers to communicate with students and their parents in the fall. A board may want this to be a tear-off section, so parents can complete the section at home and return it. In this case, the progress report card could be printed on two sheets of paper. Alternatively, the board may want the section to be completed during a teacher-parent-student conference or a student-led conference. In this case, the progress report card could be printed on the front and back of one sheet.
Boards may wish to design the section at the bottom of the second page to communicate or request the following types of information:
• Teacher-parent-student conference notes and/or information
• Student goals
• Parent comments/reflections (with or without stems)
• Student comments/reflections (with or without stems)
• Request for interview with parent
• Request for interview with teacher
• Next steps
• Action plans
• Contact information