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Elementary Report Card
Revisions
Franklin Public Schools
Parent Information Meetings
November 2014
Agenda
Context
Common Core State Standards
MA Frameworks
Why Revise?
Participants
Changes
Content
General and Structural Changes
Student Responsibilities
Ratings
Term progress and effort
Questions
Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are shared
expectations for knowledge and skills in English/Language
Arts (ELA) and Math. They emphasize both content and
skills.
Massachusetts Frameworks
(MA Frameworks)
The MA Frameworks are based on the Common Core.
Approximately 85-90% of MA Frameworks are based on
CCSS – meaning MA added 10-15% additional standards.
Massachusetts teachers are mandated to teach to the MA
Frameworks.
Why Revise Report Cards?
Need to align teaching and learning
Based on 2011 ELA and Math Massachusetts
Frameworks
Based on the Common Core State Standards
Will be more straightforward and more accurate to grade
with alignment
Better for children and families
Participants
Committee members – a team of teachers and
administrators across school and grade levels
All teachers and administrators across the district
School Committee
Parents
Changes: Literacy
Elementary report cards now align with the 2011 Frameworks
Standards that are currently taught
Language and sequence from the Frameworks
Not all standards represented on report card
All standards are taught but not all standards are graded
Most important standards at each grade level are reflected on the
report card
Grade level expectations for mastery of the standards
Changes: Math
O Elementary report cards now align with the 2011 Frameworks
Standards that are currently taught
Language from the standards
Arranged by domain (math topics)
Science and Social Studies
No changes were made to these content areas at this time,
except for moving states and capitals from grade 3 to grade 4.
Topics continue as in prior years
Will look at future changes to Science & Social Studies
Will need to align with new Science Frameworks
Changes: General and Structural
Revisions were made to:
Students Responsibilities
Ratings
Term effort and progress
Standards
Specialists
Comment Bank
Changes: Student Responsibilities
More positive language and approach
Based on the Responsive Classroom Approach that develops
students’ social competency and the ability to monitor their own
behavior.
Consistency K-5
Expectations for Student Responsibilities
grow as students progress through the grades.
Kindergarten
Grade 2
Grade 5
Changes: Ratings
Changes: Ratings
Mastery (M) is the expected end-of-the year mastery of the
standard. However, student may achieve mastery earlier
than the final report card, even as early as the first term.
If a student displays mastery based on multiple data points
earlier in the year, then displays regression at a later point, a
grade can change from an M to a P or a B.
Standard Ratings “I” and “N”
The “I” rating means that the concepts and skills are newly
introduced and have not been assessed at the time of the
report card.
The “N” rating means that the concepts and skills have not
yet been taught at this point in the school year.
Standard Ratings “I” and “N”
Many ratings of “N” and “I” should be expected on the first
term report card. This is a reflection of the trajectory of the
curriculum.
Curriculum trajectories may vary from building to building.
Standards Rating “B”
B is used to designate that the student is still at the
beginning stages of understanding of a standard.
The student requires additional re-teaching, reinforcement,
or use of supports in the learning of the concepts and skills
represented in the standard. This re-teaching is above and
beyond what the typical learner needs for success.
On the previous report card the B may have been used to
indicate the standard was newly introduced. This is no longer
the case with the newly developed report card.
Standards Rating “P”
The P represents grade level progress towards mastery
of the standard.
A rating of P for two consecutive terms does not mean that
no growth has occurred, rather, it often represents
progression of academic expectations (i.e. Increased
complexity of content and skills).
A P is used in the first and second term when a student is on
track for the M at the end of the year, showing the typical
grade level progress at the time that grading occurs.
Term Progress
Term Progress
The term progress represents progress towards the year end
mastery as identified by benchmarks and other
assessments.
The term progress for each subject is included with the
report card to denote progress towards the holistic mastery
of all standards taught that term.
Term Progress
Holistic mastery means that more than one assessment is
used to determine student progress. A multitude of data
points are used to ensure a holistic approach to grading.
Holistic grading may include data obtained from
assessments, conferencing notes, observational notes, exit
ticket etc.
Comment Page
O The standards on the new report card offer far more details
than what was used on the previous report cards.
O The comment page on the new report card will, therefore,
only be used to note a specific, significant change in student
performance, either a regression or significant growth.
O This page will likely be blank.
Changes: Specialists Report Card
Assess concept knowledge and skill development
Physical Education and Health are now graded separately
Committee Members
Chair: Joyce Edwards, Director of Instructional Services
Teachers: Janet Bessette, Jolene Cronin, Anna Grinley,
Meaghan O’Neil, Jennifer Zeilor, Tricia Tobin, Ann Bliss, Katie
Patten, Kristine Richards and Cheryl Bartholomew
With help from: Franklin Math and Literacy Specialists
Administrators: Sarah Klim and all elementary principals and
assistant principals
Questions