The Report Card

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Understanding the Report Card

You will receive a report card three times a year in grades 1 to 8. The Provincial Report Card is based on The Ontario Curriculum and tells you how well your child is learning what is expected in each subject.

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The letter grade or percentage mark tells you:

To what extent your child has learned the required skills and knowledge for his or her grade
If your child’s work in that subject exceeds, meets, approaches or falls much below the provincial standard.

Level	Definition	Provincial Standard	Letter Grade (grade 1 to 6)	Percentage Mark (grades 7 & 8)
Level 4	The student has demonstrated the required knowledge and skills.	Achievement exceeds the provincial standard.	A+ A A-	90-100 85-89 80-84
Level 3	The student has demonstrated most of the required knowledge and skills.	Achievement meets the provincial standard.	B+ B B-	77-79 73-76 70-72
Level 2	The student has demonstrated some of the required knowledge and skills.	Achievement approaches the provincial standard.	C+ C C-	67-69 63-66 60-62
Level 1	The student has demonstrated some of the required knowledge and skills in limited ways.	Achievement falls much below the provincial standard.	D+ D D-	57-59 53-56 50-52
R or below 50	The student has not demonstrated the required knowledge and skills.	Extensive extra support is required.	R	Below 50

The report cards are posted at: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/forms/report/
1998/report98.html#elem

The Provincial Report Card

Attaining Level 3, the provincial standard, means that your child is well prepared for work in the next grade. Most children are expected to reach this level.

"R"/"Below 50" indicates that the student will need extra support and that you and the teacher should develop a plan to help your child be successful.

How Teachers Determine Your Child’s Marks

Your child’s teacher will review the various aspects of your child’s work during the term: tests, individual and group projects, assigned work, homework, and daily class participation. The teacher will look at the descriptions of the achievement levels in each curriculum document, choose the achievement level that best describes your child’s school work and assign the appropriate letter grade or percentage mark.

For more information about achievement levels, see the provincial curriculum documents. School office staff can tell you how to obtain a copy of the documents. They are posted at:
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/curricul/curricul.html.

Following Your Child’s Progress Between Report Cards:

Talk regularly with your child about school. You will get a sense of what is going well and what might be difficult.
Ask your child to show you samples of his or her work and test results.
Read with your child to observe his or her reading skills.
Be positive and praise his or her efforts. It encourages your child to talk about school.
If you have a specific concern, speak to the teacher.

Learning Skills

In the report card, there is also a section on your child’s learning skills. This section gives you information on how well your child solves conflicts, participates in class, sets goals, shows initiative, completes homework, uses information, cooperates with others and works independently.

Kindergarten Report Cards

Each school board has its own kindergarten report card. Teachers use the descriptions of what students are expected to learn in kindergarten to evaluate your child’s progress in kindergarten and complete the report card.

The Parent Response Form

Attached to the report card is the response form. You should sign it and return it to the school with your child or bring it to the parent teacher interview. Some parents write comments on the form. It is kept with the report card in your child’s Ontario Student Record (OSR).

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