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Elementary Progress Report Proposal
May 2013
Process
• 18 months of committee work.• 3 representatives from each elementary
school (at the start at least).• Spirited debates!• Looked at progress reports from many other
systems – incorporated the best features.• Building/grade level reviews.• Field tested with selected parents – Feb. 2013
Why Change
• Current progress reports are time consuming for teachers and can be interpreted many ways.
• Needed more precise, detailed information for parents. Provides explicit information about the standards for that quarter.
• Proposal is standards based and aligned with new ACPS curriculum.
• Ability (in future) to connect with electronic grade book with progress report.
• Move to PowerSchool provides for improve application to support progress reports.
Current Progress Report
Proposed Progress Report
Insert new progress report copy
Major Components
• Instructional Reading Level • Reading: Word Analysis; Comprehension • Writing: Composition and Mechanics • Instructional Math Level • Math: Number Sense; Computation and
Estimation; Measurement and Geometry; Probability, Statistics, Patterns, and Algebra.
• Science• Social Studies
Major Components
• Art• Music • Physical Education• Life, Work, and Citizenship Skills • Text boxes for each content area if needed.
Marking System
Subject Areas4: Shows advanced understanding…..consistently
applying them independently and creatively.3: Shows proficient understanding…..frequently applying
them independently.2: Shows basic understanding…..occasionally applying
them independently. 1: Show need for significant support…..infrequently or
never applying them independently.
Life, Work, and Citizenship Skills • Consistently• Occasionally • Does Not
Marking System
Quarterly marking indicates student’s proficiency with standards at that point in time. (Not a quarter wide average.)
Student achievement in reading and math is marked against their instructional level to acknowledge the progress of all students.
Policy IKC -1: Grading
• Current Policy Requires Letter Grade at Elementary Level
• Request Change to Numbers
– Better Communication with ELL parents.
– Provides an opportunity to more clearly define what the mark means.
– Facilitates better communication on a student’s academic level.
– Mirrors the Transfer Task rubric
Field Test
Probe Agree or Strongly Agree
S: The standards based progress report provides me with more information regarding what my child has learned or needs to learn in each subject than the current ACPS progress report.
77%
S: I find the information on the progress report to be about right.
50%
S: I find the information on the standards based progress report to be helpful in discussing my child’s progress with his/her teacher(s).
70%
S; I think the Life, Work, and Citizenship Skills area of the report is relevant information in helping me understand my child’s progress.
78%
S: I understand the scoring rubric for the new progress report.
72%
Support for Teachers
• Professional learning for teachers prior to beginning of SY2013 to facilitate grade book set-up.
• Professional learning shortly before using the online system to facilitate entry of scores on 1st quarter progress reports.
• Support available through grade level curriculum groups or at a building level.
• Extending the grading window.
Support for Parents
• Letter to parents with basic overview after board approval and again in the fall.
• FACE Centers will provide parent workshops on understanding the new progress report.
• Schools will be provide with materials for doing a parent workshop on site if desired.
• Website: basic information, sample, and FAQs.• Parent conferences are scheduled at the same
time that the new progress report will be used.