Standards-Based Report Cards
With standards-based reporting, the conversation shifts from “What is my child’s score?” to “What is my child able to do?”
Doing what is best for students is our guiding principle. To this end, the Oakwood Schools community commits to resources, support, expertise and experiences needed for all students to achieve.
Oakwood Schools is honoring the District's Mission, "Doing what is best for students," by adopting a tool to provide students and parents a more effective way to understand student growth and achievement. The District began using standards-based report cards at the elementary level during the 2019-2020 school year.
We believe the information found on this website will help you understand the benefits of a standards-based report card and how to effectively utilize the information provided on your student's standards-based report card.
What is a standards-based report card?
A standards-based report card is designed to provide accurate information about student performance in meeting the standard. In other words, rather than focusing on a percentage or number of points obtained, standards-based reporting focuses on student understanding or competency.
With standards-based reporting, the conversation shifts from “What is my child’s score?” to “What is my child able to do?” While student work habits are important skills, these skills are reported separately. Marks for the standard are intended to reflect student performance in meeting the standard.
What are learning standards?
Standards are statements about what students know and should be able to do within each content area at each grade level.
Decisions about how to teach students, in what order to teach content and what materials to use are made at the district and building-levels.
View Ohio's Learning Standards and Oakwood's content standards.
Benefits of a standards-based reporting system
- Objectively measures a student’s progress toward proficiency with the Ohio Learning Standards
- Measures what a student should know and be able to do by the end of each grade in each learning area
- Identifies the concepts and skills in each learning area based on the learning standards
- Indicates what skills students have mastered, as well as their strengths and areas for growth
- Provides regular progress reports for each of the grade-level standards identified rather than a single grade for each subject area
- Uses consistent expectations and common understandings about learning targets at each grade level across the District
- Builds student knowledge based on student mastery of the previous year’s grade-level goals
- Establishes shared goals for students, families and teachers to ensure students make progress each year
- Provides specific feedback to help students set goals and focus on continuous growth
Frequently Asked Questions
- How were the standards for the report cards determined?
- Why do we use performance levels for the standards instead of grade letters?
- Why are there grades in every section on the report card?
- How will this type of report card impact students on IEPs?
