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Standards-Based Report Cards for K-4
Beginning this year, our elementary schools will be using a standards-based report card, based on each child’s progress in meeting expectations for skills and knowledge in each content area. Standards-based report cards are becoming the norm for student assessment throughout Virginia. They are intended to provide more consistency between teachers than traditional report cards, because all students are evaluated on the same grade-appropriate objectives. Parents can see exactly which skills and knowledge their child has learned to date, including areas of strength and weakness. Standards-based report cards also document attendance as well as skills and behaviors that support learning.
Student performance on assessments will be aligned with the Virginia Standards of Learning. The teacher will keep track of what the student knows and is able to do in relation to the standards. At the end of each grading period, the teacher will document where a student is in relation to meeting the standards according to the following scale:
- 4 Exceeds expectations
- 3 Fully meets expectations
- 2 Progressing towards expectations
- 1 Performing below expectations
- NA Not yet assessed
Assessments will have questions targeted to different levels of progress. Some are simple/basic questions; others are more complex. To achieve a 3 or 4, students will need to be able to correctly answer both the simple and more complex questions. This will indicate that the student not only has mastered the learning (3) but also is able to go beyond (4).
Comparison of Old and New Report Cards
Overview of Standards-Based Report Cards (PowerPoint Slideshow; 568KB)
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