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Enhancing Standards-Based Report Cards: Grades K-5
Parent Presentation
SLIDE 2 Why Report on Student Performance?
- What do report cards provide? Is the information they provide truly indicative
- f student performance or achievement?
- What are that the true goals at the elementary level?
- Where did the New Jersey Student Learning Standards come from?
- How are standards embedded in everything we do with students?
- How do schools support parents who want to help/provide assistance to
their child?
- Change can be very challenging as it moves us out of our comfort zone.
SLIDE 3 Meet the Report Card Committee
Franklin School Jefferson School Kennedy School Nixon School Lincoln Roosevelt School Administration Lauren Mason Jenn Toupet Christine Luettchau David Siegel Elena Tunstead Kelly Curtiss Christi Renn Kasey Fox Abbie Scales Patricia MacEwen Jessica Fessock Theresa McNemar Lauren Becker Sara Pascarella Jackie Sheplak-Lewis Jenny Wnuk Robin Hellyer
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Standards-Based Report Cards in Roxbury
2007 - SBRC in grades K - 2 2009 - SBRC added in grades 3 - 4 2010 - SBRC added in grade 5 2011 - Report Cards distributed via Genesis Parent Portal 2015 - SBRC Committee begins work to update existing SBRC in grades K - 5 based on CCSS (NJSLS) 2017 - Roll out of NJSLS aligned SBRC in grades K - 5 in Genesis
SLIDE 5 What are Standards?
Standards are what students should know and be able to do at the end of each grade.
- Clear set of academic goals and expectations
○ Critical thinking and analytical skills vs. rote memorization
- Prepares students for college, career readiness, and life
- Creates globally competitive students
- Based on research
- Promotes high quality teaching AND learning
Click this link for more info on the current standards (NJSLS) http://www.state.nj.us/education/ccc
SLIDE 6 Why Standards-Based Report Cards?
- Teachers can provide parents with detailed information about their
child relative to growth in specific areas of content
- Provide information about mastery of learning
- Helps teachers tailor education to each student based on needs
- Shows progress toward year-end goals
- Students meet these goals at their own pace
- Parents will get better information about their child as a learner, and
will know in what specific areas they support their child
SLIDE 7 What was the Process of Enhancing Standards-Based Report Cards?
- Recognized that we needed to update current report card to align with
changes in standards ○ NJCCCS → CCSS → NJSLS
- Created report card revision committee:
○ Grade-level staff ○ Parents ○ Administration
- Two years of collaboration which resulted in the creation of:
○ Revised report card ○ Method for consistent grading across the district
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How is Achievement Indicated?
Indicators for Academic Performance E Exceeding Grade-Level Standards Student consistently grasps, applies, and extends key concepts, processes, and skills. Works beyond standards. Independently, student applies and extends... M P H NA
SLIDE 9 Indicators for Academic Performance E
Exceeding Grade-Level Standards Works beyond standards. Independently, student applies and extends...
M Meeting Grade-Level Standards Student grasps and applies key concepts, processes, and skills. Meets standards. Independently, student is able to... P H NA
SLIDE 10 Indicators for Academic Performance E
Exceeding Grade-Level Standards Works beyond standards. Independently, student applies and extends...
M
Meeting Grade-Level Standards Meets standards. Independently, student is able to...
P Progressing With Help Student is beginning to grasp and apply key concepts, processes, and skills. Approaching standards. With support, student is able to... H NA
SLIDE 11 Indicators for Academic Performance E
Exceeding Grade-Level Standards Works beyond standards. Independently, student applies and extends...
M
Meeting Grade-Level Standards Meets standards. Independently, student is able to...
P
Progressing With Help Approaching standards. With support, student is able to...
H Having Difficulty Student is not grasping key concepts, processes, and essential
NA
SLIDE 12 Indicators for Academic Performance E
Exceeding Grade-Level Standards Works beyond standards. Independently, student applies and extends...
M
Meeting Grade-Level Standards Meets standards. Independently, student is able to...
P
Progressing With Help Approaching standards. With support, student is able to...
H
Having Difficulty Area of Concern. With support, student is rarely or not able to...
NA Not Assessed at This Time The content and skills listed are not a major focus for instruction and assessment during the reporting time period.
SLIDE 13 Goal: To Ride a Bike By Yourself E
Exceeding the Grade-Level Standards: Wow! You not only ride a bike on your own, but you can pop a wheelie, jump ramps, and perform
M
Meeting the Grade-Level Standards: Congratulations! You are successfully riding a bike by yourself.
P
Progressing With Help: You are pedaling well and staying upright as long as someone is holding on and giving you a little push.
H
Having Difficulty: You are riding a bike, but using training wheels.
SLIDE 14 When will Achievement be Reported?
(Tentative Dates...subject to change)
Elem Trimester Beginning Date Closing Date # of Days in TM Open to Parents 1 Sept 7 Dec 8 61 Dec 13 2 Dec 11 Mar 16 62 Mar 21 3 Mar 19 Jun 21 62 Jun 21 5 - 12 Marking Periods Beginning Date Closing Date # of Days in MP Open to Parents 1 Sept 7 Nov 14 45 Nov 17 2 Nov 15 Jan 31 47 Feb 3 (Sat) 3 Feb 1 April 13 45 Apr 18 4 April 16 Jun 21 48 Jun 21
Fall Conferences: K – 6 Monday, October 23 through Thursday, October 26 ** K-4 and 5-6 evening conference dates will occur on different nights Spring Conferences: K – 6 Monday, April 16 through Thursday, April 19
SLIDE 15 How Will Teachers Assess Their Students?
- The enhanced standards-based report card
will better reflect a student’s growth in specific skill areas, as learning is a process not a product.
- A student’s performance will be measured in a variety of ways,
including home and class work samples, small group and individual conferring notes, projects, and lesson and benchmark assessments.
SLIDE 16 How Will Teachers Assess Their Students?
- All teachers will use the same criteria to
assess students so that all the schools are aligned across each grade level.
- Performance expectations may change and increase from
reporting period to reporting period in order to establish growth commensurate with instructional progression.
SLIDE 17 What do the new updates look like?
➢ Previous Grade 4 Math
Note: This is the entire Math Section on the current report card
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What do the new updates look like?
➢ Updated Grade 4 Math
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What do the new updates look like?
➢ Grade 3 Science: Previous vs. Updated
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What do the new updates look like?
➢ Previous Grade 2 Reading
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What do the new updates look like?
➢ Updated Grade 2 Reading
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What do the new updates look like?
➢ Previous Grade 2 Writing & Speaking/Listening
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What do the new updates look like?
➢ Updated Grade 2 Writing & Speaking/Listening
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What do the new updates look like?
➢ Previous vs. Updated Grade 5 Social Studies
SLIDE 25 Next Steps...
Teachers/Roxbury Staff
○ Genesis
○ Tech-cited (summer 2017) ○ Faculty meetings ○ Workshops
- Year-end reflection meeting
○ Spring 2018 Parents
○ Facebook/Twitter ○ Word of mouth
○ Monday, May 22, 2017
○ September 2017
- Parent Curriculum Brochures
- Parent FAQ Sheet
*This presentation will be available on the district website
