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Revised Elementary Report Cards

Presentation to the Board of Education, January 2014 Todd Winch, Assistant Superintendent for C & I

Reasons for Change

• Current Report Cards are cumbersome

and difficult to read.

• Changes in curriculum due to the

adoption of the Common Core Standards necessitates a change in the language of the report cards.

• Opportunity to realign our elementary

reporting timelines with our RTI model.

Revision Process

• Report Card Committee established in

February 2013.

• Reviewed over a dozen report cards

from across L.I., N.Y.S. and the nation.

• Used the Common Core Standards as a

foundation.

• Used easy-to-understand descriptors.

Underlying Principles of the Committee

• Focus: Report Card is a tool to deliver

progress information to parents and students.

• Use language and/or reporting elements

that are familiar to parents and students:

– Levels 1,2,3,4 – Grade Level Equivalency charts for upper grades – Universal layout for all grades K-5

Current Reporting Structure

• Progress Report distributed in November.
• For grades 1-5, three report cards

distributed in January, March and June.

• For grade K: Two report cards in January

and June.

• Report cards for grades K-2 are completely

different than report cards for grades 3-5.

Goal:

Move to a trimester reporting system with comparable report cards K-5 for 2014-2015.

Overview of Changes

Aspect ct Previ vious

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Reportin rting g Meth ethod

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New Reportin rting g Meth ethod

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First st Report rt Card Issued ued January ary November mber Number er of Report t Cards Three ee (+ 1 progress ress report) rt) Three ee Simila lar r Report rt Card for grades s K-5 No No Yes Number r of Marking ing periods Four Three Report rt cards s include all grades s and comme ments nts from m previo ious s marki king ng period

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No No Yes Parent nt Guide e provid ided d with h Report rt Card No No Yes

Benefits to Moving to Trimester Grading

• The first student report card will be

distributed in November instead of January.

• Occurs three times a year, similar to RtI

process.

• Same indicators are used throughout the

year.

• One reporting instrument will be used for

students’ entire elementary experience.

Other Districts using Trimester Grading

• Baldwin
• Bellmore
• East Williston
• Franklin Square
• Glen Cove
• Great Neck
• Garden City
• Jericho
• Levittown
• Long Beach
• Massapequa
• Mineola
• Plainview
• Roslyn
• Seaford
• Wantagh

Sample

front

Sample

back

Moving Forward

• Report cards will be piloted Jan-June 2014.
• Letters and “Parent’s User Guide” will accompany

first report card and will be available on the district website.

• Principals will discuss new format at Coffee Hour

and PTA meetings.

• Feedback will be collected for additional

modifications over the summer.

• Marking periods will be adjusted in 2014-2015 for

Trimesters

• At first Parent/Teacher conference, teachers will

distribute report cards and NWEA results.