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.
The Provincial elementary report cards are sent on the following dates:
- November 11, 2024- Progress Report
- February 10, 2025 - First Term Report
- June 25, 2025 - Final Report
Your child's teacher will send home information regarding a one-on-one meeting to discuss your child's progress.
The Provincial secondary report cards are sent home electronically on the following dates:
- Semester 1 Midterm Report - November 8, 2024
- Semester 1 Final Report - February 7, 2025
- Semester 2 Midterm Report -April 17, 2025
- Semester 2 Final Report - June 27, 2025
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:
- parent-teacher or parent-student-teacher conferences;
- portfolios of student work;
- student-led conferences;
- interviews;
- phones calls;
- checklists; and/or
- informal reports.
Formal communication by report cards happens three times during a school year. All students in Grades 1 to 12 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.
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:
- responsibility;
- organization;
- independent work;
- collaboration;
- initiative;
- self-regulation.
The development of these skills and habits are reported as:
- excellent;
- good;
- satisfactory; or
- needs improvement.