Elementary School Standards-Based Report Cards Elementary Report Card Committee

What is a standards-based report card?

Standards-Based Report Card Informs parents on students’ progress toward specific standards and expectations Provides detailed feedback to parents about their child’s academic strengths and challenges Ensures consistent expectations across the district, aligned with national and state standards

How does it differ from a traditional report card? Standards-Based Report Card Assigns one general grade to an entire subject Grade calculations can be influenced by non-academic factors (homework, work habits, etc.) Highest grade (A) is often given for meeting grade-level expectations Shows student progress toward a specific expectation Proficiency levels are given, based on academic performance Highest proficiency level (4) is given for exceeding grade-level expectations This slide OR previous slide

Other Local Districts with Standards-based Report Cards Paramus Wyckoff Riverdale Chatham Montville

How were the new Elementary Report Cards developed?

Report Card Committee Formed Volunteers were solicited from various grade levels and administrators were included. The committee examined various examples of report cards from other districts. They narrowed down the choices to 3 or 4 report cards to use as models.

Teacher Feedback At a grade-level meeting, teachers offered feedback on the sample report cards. During various points in the process, committee members went back to grade-level colleagues for input.

Committee Work After working with teachers, the committee critiqued sample report cards and came up with a general format for our report cards. Teachers and administrators worked within and across grade levels to select most important “Behaviors that Support Learning.” Grade-level teams worked with the Literacy and Math Coaches to use choose appropriate grading categories aligned with the Common Core State Standards. .

Community Feedback Report cards were shared with the school community for additional feedback: Teachers Parent Committee Board of Education Committee

Rubrics Supervisors worked with teachers to develop rubrics for ELA and mathematics. Teachers met to determine rubrics for Behaviors That Support Learning categories. Teachers met to discuss how they could best use these rubrics to offer feedback to students and parents.

Sample Grade 2 ELA Rubric

Sample Grade 3 Math Rubric

Student-Friendly Rubric

What do the Report Cards look like?

Consistent Key Used Throughout

Grade 4 Mathematics

Behaviors That Support Learning

Grade 3 Example

Grade 3 Example

Progress Report Example Drop-down menu shows: Adequate progress or Needs improvement

Additional Information

How will teachers assign grades? Teachers will work together to develop rubrics. Common assessments will be used to determine students’ progress. Feedback will be given on individual assignments.

Help us to help our students! Grades in the new report cards are not comparable to traditional grades. Therefore, 4 ≠ A, 3 ≠ B, etc. Students should be encouraged to work to their highest potential. For some students, their highest potential is a 3, while others should aspire to a 4. Students will be progressing toward a 3 throughout the year.

Microsoft Engineering Excellence Sample Report Cards On the main Pequannock website, the report cards will be posted so that you can see what students are working toward. Microsoft Confidential

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