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Reporting Progress to Lower School Parents
Lower School Parent & Director Coffee
Sept. 25, 2013
Congressional Schools of Virginia
Current State
Academics
Challenge:
False Perceptions
Grades 3-4
94-100
92-93
86-91
84-85
78-83
77-70
below 70
Grades 1-2
O =
G+ =
G =
S+ =
S =
N =
U =
"The teachers are no longer going to give tests, grades, or quizzes"
"My child will not be motivated to learn without the reward of a grade."
"Having no grades in Lower School will hurt my child's chance of getting into a top school."
Current State
"The school isn't serious about academics because there are no grades."
"Teachers must be
'dumbing' down the curriculum."
Work Habits and Behaviors
(Grades 1 - 4)
O = Outstanding
G= Good
S= Satisfactory
N= Needs Improvement
U= Unsatisfactory
Goal of Reporting
Provide accurate and transparent feedback to parents concerning their child's progress at school
- Focus on objective vs. subjective
- Emphasize process vs. product
- Provide an accurate portrait
- Identify specific progress
- Use age-appropriate reporting
Feedback Criteria:
- Reviewed attributes for "Work Habits"
- Explored purpose of "report cards" Examined report cards from peer schools
- Created several models
- Came to a consensus on one model
- Developed attributes
- Finalizing report card
Checklist
Process
Narrative
The Report
Lower School Report
2013-14
- Over a decade in existence
- Based on an public school model no longer used by public schools
- Not approved by faculty
Reporting
Progress to
Lower School Parents
History
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