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Keeping You Informed About Changes to the Elementary Progress Report Card. The primary purpose of assessment and evaluation is to improve student learning. Growing Success, p . 6. Growing Success. May 2010 – Ministry released new policy document called Growing Success
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Keeping You Informed About Changes to the Elementary Progress Report Card The primary purpose of assessment and evaluation is to improve student learning. Growing Success, p. 6
Growing Success • May 2010 – Ministry released new policy document called Growing Success • Addresses the assessment, evaluation, and reporting of student achievement for all students in Grades 1-8 • Includes new reporting schedule and report card templates for the 2010-2011 school year
Changes to Reporting • Implementing new Ministry Elementary Progress Report Card and new Report Cards this year • Dates: • Elementary Progress Report Card – Early November 2010 • Term 1 Report Card – February 15, 2011 • Term 2 Report Card – June 27, 2011
Elementary Progress Report Card Some changes to note: • Six Learning Skills/Work Habits instead of nine • Responsibility • Organization • Independent Work • Collaboration • Initiative • Self-Regulation
Elementary Progress Report Card Some changes to note: • Comments on student strengths and next steps for improvement for all Learning Skills/Work Habits and some Subject Areas • Indicates if student is • Progressing Well • Progressing Very Well or • Progressing With Difficulty in Subject Areas
Elementary Progress Report Card Some changes to note: • Parents/guardians and students will have space to comment • Parent-teacher conferences will occur earlier this year – November 11 and 12, 2010 **No grades appear on the progress report
Communication • Continue to communicate regularly about student progress • Continue to work together as a school community to understand these changes • Handout with more information provided To view the new Elementary Progress Report Card templates: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/forms/report/card/reportCard.html