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Elementary Standards-Aligned Report Cards (SARCs) in New Hope-Solebury

Honoring the Achievement and Growth of

Every Individual Child

Our Path Toward New Elementary Report Cards

General Dissatisfaction with Report Cards Parent Survey and Staff Focus Groups Collaboration with

• Dr. Tom Guskey

(University of Kentucky) Revision of Elementary Report Cards Professional Development for Staff Parent Focus Groups K-5 Elementary Report Card Pilot Parent and Staff Focus Groups for Feedback Sustaining New Reporting Practices

That was THEN…This is NOW!

Standards-Based Report Cards 2013-2014 and Before

• Students are assessed and scored

based on grade level standards

• Focus on standards, not students
• 4 point scale
• Most gifted education students

received primarily 4s

• Most learning support students

received primarily 1s

• Letter grades are not included

Standards-Aligned Report Cards 2014-2015 and Beyond

• Students are assessed according

to their instructional and independent levels in conjunction with grade level standards

• Focus on students over standards
• 3 point scale
• Letter grades in reading and math

for grades 3-5

Telling Each Individual Child’s Story…

Understanding our New Reporting Scales Relative to Individual Students’ Levels

• Academic and Learning to Learn Targets

(Including Special Area Classes)

• Grade Scale for Grades 3-5

3 Consistently demonstrates success with the skill/standard 2 Working toward demonstrating success with the skill/standard 1 Needs improvement to demonstrate success with the skill/standard N/A Not assessed Grades/Percentages A: 90-100 B: 80-89 C: 70-79 D: 60-69 F: 0-59

Our Kindergarten SARC

First Marking Period

• Focus is on learning to learn

behaviors (i.e. what it means to be a student in school)

• Academic assessments and

student work will be shared at November conferences (or before)

Second, Third, and Fourth Marking Periods

• Focus is on both academic and

learning to learn behaviors

• Academic areas
• Literacy
• Reading—phonics, comprehension
• kid-writing and word study
• Math—math concepts, problem-

solving

• Science and Social Studies

Our Primary Grade SARC (Grades 1 and 2)

Academic Targets

• Literacy
• Reading—phonics, accuracy/fluency,

comprehension, word study/spelling

• Writing—narrative, informational,

and opinion writing; writing process, application of word study/spelling in writing, grammar

• Math—math concepts, problem

solving, fact fluency, problem- solving

• Science and Social Studies—

understanding and applying key concepts

Learning to Learn Targets

• Respect—including interpersonal

skills

• Participation
• Assignment completion—including

classwork and homework

Our Intermediate Grade SARC (Grades 3, 4, and 5)

Academic Targets

• Literacy
• Reading—accuracy/fluency,

comprehension, word study/spelling

• Writing—narrative, informational, and
• pinion writing; writing process,

application of word study/spelling in writing, grammar

• Math—math concepts, problem

solving, fact fluency, problem-solving

• Science and Social Studies—

understanding and applying key concepts

• Students will receive a percentage in

reading and math plus scores on standards/skills

Learning to Learn Targets

• Respect—including interpersonal

skills

• Participation
• Assignment completion—including

classwork and homework

Question and Answer Session