Since our report cards are aligned with the standards and correlated with assessments, we have good information on what students know and what they have to learn. The report card identifies what students have mastered, what they are working on, and indicates the rate of progress toward end of the year standards. We use three multiple measures, these are performance assessment, standardized test and classroom evidence of progress toward standards. The specificity of the standards gives parents feedback on how they can support their child's learning at home. Teachers report that the standards-based report card keeps them focused on the content and skills that are building blocks for further learning.
Extensive supports are in place to meet the needs of ALL students.
At the beginning of each year, teachers review students' portfolios of previous work. The portfolio contains information regarding the students' reading ability, a writing selection, and the language arts portion of the prior year report card. This information helps the new teacher to begin teaching at the instructional level. We continually monitor student progress and provide acceleration or remediation through instructional strategies such as flexible grouping if a student is not making progress. The remediation plan includes goals and checkpoints.