Report Cards

The main goal of assessment and evaluation is to improve student learning. Growing Success, Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting in Ontario Schools, acknowledges that assessment of learning is key to a student's engagement and success.

Report cards

Report cards occur at certain points in the school year. While communication about a student's learning and progress should happen on an ongoing basis via:

• phone calls;
• newsletters;
• websites; and
• student work

Formal communication by report cards happens three times during a school year. All students in Grades 1 to 8 receive a fall progress report card and two provincial report cards - one in mid-winter and the other at the end of the school year.

Progress report cards

The fall progress report card places a strong emphasis on the development of a student's learning skills and work habits. The six learning skills and work habits are listed below:

1. responsibility;
2. organization;
3. independent work;
4. collaboration;
5. initiative;
6. self-regulation.

The development of these skills and habits are reported as:

• excellent;
• good;
• satisfactory; or
• needs improvement.

Provincial report cards

The Provincial report cards are sent home on the following dates:

• Week of November 14, 2016 - Progress Reports
• Week of February 13, 2017 - Report Card 1
• Week of June 16, 2017 - Report Card 2.

Your child's teacher will send home information regarding a one-on-one meeting to discuss your child's progress.