K-12 that describe what students should know and be able to do at each grade level. Science standards will be adopted by June of 2001.
Standards help both teachers and parents understand the expectations for the year.
Standards-based report cards provide a systematic way for teachers to report students' progress toward the standards. In addition to reporting attainment of standards, the report cards also contain information about students' social skills and work habits. They provide room for teacher comments. Transition from traditional grading to a standards-based report card is not easy. A score, of 2, which means that students have met some grade level standards, can be initially perceived as a low score.