Student report cards

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Student report cards

• Presentation for
• Parents of Primary School Students
• 2007

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What are the student report cards?
They are report cards that will be used in
all Government primary and secondary schools to
report student achievement in the compulsory
years of schooling.
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Why have the student report cards been introduced?

• Consultation with parents highlighted a number of
  issues
• variation from school to school
• lack of clarity in terms of understanding what
  their child has achieved and what they can do to
  support their childs progress.

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Why have the student report cards been
introduced?- continued

• Student report cards follow a common format and
  be written in plain English.
• They have been introduced so that
• there is consistency from school to school
• parents receive a clear picture of their childs
  progress against the same state-wide standards.

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What hasnt changed?

• Two reports to parents per year
• Parent-teacher interviews

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• Key features of the report card - Part 1
• Achievement at this time of the year
• Progress at this time of the year
• Work habits
• Effort
• Class behaviour

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Why are there A-E ratings on the student
report card?

• Parents have said they find the current
  approaches schools use are hard to understand.
• The A-E ratings will have the same meaning from
  school to school.
• They will be used in the same way to report
  against the same state-wide standards.

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What do the A-E ratings mean?

In every school
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Key features of the report card - Parts 2 and 3

• What John has achieved
• Areas for improvement/future learning
• The school will do the following to support
  John in his learning
• What you can do at home to help Johns progress

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Parts 2 and 3 continued

• Attendance
• Student comment
• Parent comment

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JOHN SURNAME Year 4 Semester 2

• Key features incorporating our portfolios
• Achievement
• Improvement
• School support
• Parent support
• Comments

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What about

• Students who are on Individual Learning Plans?
• Students who are studying ESL?
• Reporting on achievement in our LOTE program in
  the Early Years?

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Additional information

• Additional information that we will provide in
  the report include
• extra curricular activities

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More information
We will keep you informed through our school
newsletter and our website You can also visit
the Student Reports website http//www.education.v
ic.gov.au/studentlearning/studentreports/default.h
tm You can also email the Department of
Education at student.reports_at_edumail.vic.gov.au