Tests Assessments Parent-Teacher Conferences and Report Cards Measuring and reporting student achievement are important to the instructional program. Parent-teacher conferences are scheduled in November for elementary schools and in December for middle schools.
Students sometimes attend or are involved in leading the conferences.
Teachers also make every effort to communicate with parents by phone, progress reports, additional conferences, or other means. Report cards are issued at the end of each grading period. Besides report cards, teachers compile student portfolios which include examples of student work collected over the year so that students and parents can observe and monitor growth in reading, writing, and mathematics. Assessing Student Performance Achievement Tests Achievement test scores are an indicator of student performance compared to other students across the country. Historically, our students score above the state and national averages on achievement tests.