Standards-Based Report Card Development Levels
1. Define Purpose
 Parent advisory meeting
 Develop Statement of
Purpose
 3 key questions:
1. What information is
communicated
2. Who is the primary
audience
3. How should the
information be used?
2. Develop Reporting
Standards
 Need 4-6: clear, concise
and readily interpretable
 Standards in each subject
 3 types of learning goals:
1. Product
2. Process
3. Progress
Developing Standards-Based Report Cards, Guskey and Bailey
3. Essential Steps in
Development
4. Establishing
Performance Indicators
5. Special Cases: SPED,
TAG, etc.
7 questions:
1. What is the purpose of the
report card?
8 more questions:
8. How many levels of
performance will be reported
for each standard?
 Particular aspects of
developing a standardsbased report card for
middle and high schools
2. How often?
9. How ill levels be labeled?
3. Will it be specific for each
grade level or general?
10. Will teacher’s comments
be included and encouraged?
4. How many reporting
standards for each subject 11. How will information be
area/course?
arranged on the report card?
Steps to decide:
a) Order: What is most
*Categorize by 3 types of
important appears
learning goals
first.
*Id. Specific reporting
b) Space: What is most
standards for each subject
important is given
area
most area.
*word standards in clear,
12. What are parents
precise, parent friendly
expected to do with this
language
information?
5. What specific reporting
standards will be reported
at each gd. Level/course?
13. What are students
expected to do with this
information?
6. Will standards be set for
the grade level or each
marking period?
14. What policies need to
accompany new reporting
procedures?
7. What specific process and
progress standards will be
reported?
15. When should input of
parents and or students be
sought?
 Adaptations necessary to
provide fair and accurate
grades or marks for
students with special
needs who are included
in regular classrooms.
 Adaptations necessary to
provide fair and accurate
grades or marks for
students with considered
to be especially gifted or
talented.
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6. Additional Development
Issues
6. Continued
4 qualities of Effect Report
Format, Organization, and
Cards:
Graphic Layout
1. Report on product, process
 Clear explanation of
and progress separately.
grades, marks or symbols
2. Accurate picture of
used with accompanying
academic strengths and
definitions.
challenges.
 If clear and explained,
 Parents want clearer and
then layout can be any
more understandable
format and still
information about teachers’
communicate.
expectations for learning
 The graphic design and
and behavior.
layout can enhance or
 Parents want more specific
detract from its intended
and detailed info about
message- in can distort or
child’s learning progress in
mislead. (use and
school.
experience graphic
designer to gain advice
 Parents want practical
suggestions from teachers
and direction regarding
about how best to help their
format and layout
child when problems or
options.
difficulties arise.
Technology Considerations
3. Striking an appropriate
 Include member of IT on
balance between details and
report card development
practicality is essential for
Questions:
all.
1. How are grades
4. Concise, understandable and
transferred from the
easy to interpret.
electronic grade gook to
Additional Considerations:
the report card?
2. Remote access to grade
 Checklists that show student
progress towards standards
book?
3. How will report cards
 Narratives
print? Back to Back?
 Ratings of work habits/class
4. Can district secretaries
behavior
have access for printing
 Attendance
and filing?
 Student self-assessment
5.
Can report cards be sent
 CRLS progress
electronically to other
 Parent
school districts when a
comments/question/signatures
student moves out of
district?
Consult guidance
counselors