The
Provincial Report Card (Elementary)
A Guide for Parents/Guardians
The new Provincial Report Card has been implemented throughout
all elementary schools in the TCDSB. It is hoped that it will
provide you with clear, detailed, straightforward information about
how your child is achieving and progressing in school in relation to
provincial curriculum expectations and standards.
The Report Card for Grades 1 to 8 ensures that all students in
Ontario receive a standard form. As Catholic schools, we use the
form that acknowledges our commitment to Religious education
throughout the curriculum. As well, the knowledge and skills of
Religious education are reflected in a section titled "Religious
and Family Life Education".
The Report Card reflects the vision of the learner by describing
distinctive expectations that the Catholic community has for
graduates of our schools.
These expectations are:
• A discerning believer formed in the Catholic faith
community
• An effective communicator
• A reflective and creative thinker
• A self-directed, responsible, life long learner
• A collaborative contributor
• A caring family member
• A responsible citizen
Distribution
The Report Card will be given to students three times a year, in
the fall, in the spring, and in June. It reflects the curriculum
expectations for each term. This means that the June Report Card
reflects the curriculum expectations of the third term only and not
for the entire year. For each reporting period, the mark or grade
given identifies the most consistent level of achievement of your
child for the subject or strand. This achievement is based on a
variety of assessments of the skills and knowledge of the curriculum
expectations.
Content
The Report consists of three pages. It incorporates the following
sections:
• Attendance and Punctuality is given for each term as
well as cumulatively.
• Promotion Status flags early concerns in order to
involve parents in efforts to ensure successful achievement.
• Achievement of the Provincial Curriculum Expectations
is a guide for achievement levels.
• The Four Levels of Achievement clearly establish levels
of student performance.
Level 3 is identified as the provincial standard.
Level Achievement Grades 1–6
Grade Grades 7–8 %
4 Achievement exceeds A 80–100
the provincial standard
3 Achievement meets the B 70–79
provincial standard
2 Achievement approaches C 60–69
the provincial standard
1 Achievement falls much D 50–59
below the provincial
standard
Remediation "R" or "below 50" indicates that
extensive remediation is required and indicates the student is not
achieving the expectations of the present grade.
The grade 7 and 8 report card also includes a grade average which
is based on marks for all students in the school at a given grade.
• Religious and Family Life
Education is placed at the beginning of the report card to
demonstrate the value, the prominence, and the reverence with
which we hold Religious Education and Family Life Education.
Assessment and evaluation in Religious Education and Family
Life Education only measures the knowledge and skills in the
programs. They do not measure a person’s growth in faith. There
is a difference in a person knowing about God (which can be
measured) and knowing God (which cannot be measured). Our role
as Catholic educators, in partnership with the home and parish,
is to invite children to engage in an active relationship with
Jesus Christ. Both Religious Education and Family Life Education
programs assist in this process. However, it must be remembered
that our Catholic faith is embedded throughout our entire
curriculum. This, in turn, supports the ongoing catechetical
process your child experiences in a Catholic School.
• Subjects. For each subject marks or letter grades
are entered. For grades 1 to 6, letter grades are used. For
Grades 7 and 8 percentages are used. Comments relating to your
child’s achievement of the curriculum expectations and learning
skills are placed to the right of the marks.
Where applicable, the boxes such as ESL, ESD, IEP, French are
checked with suitable comments given.
If any mark or grade box is left blank, an appropriate
explanation is given. For example, in the first term, not all
strands in math are studied.
• Learning Skills. Information is provided on your
child’s overall demonstration of learning skills. This includes
participation, behaviour and attitude across all subjects as
well as extra curricular activities.
• Response Form. This section provides
parents/guardians and the student with the opportunity to
comment on student achievement, goals and home support and/or to
request a meeting to discuss the Report Card.
n.b. Parents are asked to comment on the Report Card.
We ask that you sign and return page 3 to indicate you have
seen the Report Card. Pages 1 and 2 should be kept for
your own records.
All three pages will be entered in your child’s Ontario
Student Record Card.
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