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Kindergarten Standards-based Report Card

May 13, 2019

K-2 Standards-based Report Card

• Historical Overview
• Pilot Implementation at Bethel Manor
• Division Implementation Plan

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Historical Overview

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Current Elementary Report Card

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Rationale for a Standards-based Report Card

• Report a developmentally appropriate assessment of

student progress over time in reading, writing, and math

• Provide parents with more information about their

student’s academic progress

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S.C.A.N.: What are the issues, challenges, and questions related to K-2 report card practices?

• Consistency with grading

practices

• Student progress over time
• Parent communication
• Comment options
• Numeric values associated with

S,P,N

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Decision Analysis

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Criteria

Pilot Standards- based Report Card

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What’s New? What’s Different?

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Change Current Pilot

Reporting Overall Content Areas Standards-Based Grading Key S, P, N & V AP, P, DP, N & Shading Reading Status ‘on/above’ OR ‘below’ AP, P, DP, N Comments Standard Student Specific Frequency Interims + Quarterly Quarterly Only

Pilot Implementation at BMES

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Recommendations from BMES Pilot

• Expand Comment Section from 250 characters to

500 characters

• Eliminate AP designation
• Replace some standards with sub-standards for

reading

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Benchmarks

for Reading

Teacher Feedback

I personally like being able to write my own comments so that I can tailor them to each student. I also like that the parents can see the growth that their child is making as we go back and reteach areas… As a teacher, I find it so much easier to keep track of and give grades based

• n individual standards rather than an overall subject grade. I am able to

communicate more effectively with parents about how their child is doing in every part of their day. I love that I am able to write personalized comments to my parents and include the things I feel are most important for them to know.

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Parent Feedback

I personally love the detailed report cards Kindergarteners receive this year… I think the new report cards allows parents to comprehend and see what the kids are learning … their strengths and weaknesses, and where they stand for that

• quarter. You get the opportunity to either work harder with your child on an area

they may need extra help with and also praise them in areas they are advanced in. I wanted to let you know how much I am loving the Kindergartner's report card this year. With my son’s report card last year, I could see that he was struggling in certain subjects, but it didn't show me where he was struggling. So I would have to contact his teacher and really dig deep to figure out where in the subject he was struggling… I think this was a smart decision in piloting this report card!!

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FY20 Kindergarten Standards-based Report Card

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Division Implementation Plan

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Next Steps

April – June

1. Principal and selected kindergarten teacher provide brief overview to all teachers and share specific information with kindergarten team and resource teachers 2. Kindergarten team begins to develop a curriculum pacing document 3. Grade 1 pilot report card is developed

August

1. Training and collaborative time to finalize quarterly assessment criteria and set up grade book

September – June

1. Parents receive overview of the new report card 2. SBO staff provides ongoing support to all kindergarten teachers 3. Pilot grade 1 at BMES

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Kindergarten Standards-based Report Card

May 13, 2019