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Elementary Standards Based Report Card

Standards Based District Report Card

The Lake Oswego School District uses a standards-based report card for students in elementary schools. This report card measures a child’s progress toward proficiency or mastery of the priority standards in Reading, Writing, Language, Speaking, and Math. 

This approach provides the means for communicating a child’s learning in more specific terms. Standards-based reporting articulates clear end-of-year grade-level standards for each subject. Using the scale below, teachers will communicate where a child resides on a learning continuum by indicating the student’s progress toward mastery of each identified grade-level standard. 

The standards-based reporting scale: 

4:  The student demonstrates all skills and knowledge of the standard*
3:  The student demonstrates most skills and knowledge of the standard
2:  The student demonstrates some skills and knowledge of the standard
1:  The student demonstrates insufficient skills and knowledge of the standard

Important notes about the scale: 
  • Reporting is based on the end-of-year grade-level expectation. Therefore, proficiency would not be expected in the middle of the school year.
  • A “3” represents the expected target for the majority of the school year as this indicates the child is progressing with the standard as expected. A “4” will be given when the student completely meets the grade-level standard. 
  • Details of what is expected at mastery level can be found on the report card or on the list of assessed grade-level standards. 
  • A “1” may prompt additional communication from the classroom teacher so parents will better understand their child’s learning journey. 

*It is rare that a child will receive a “4” especially at the end of the first semester. A mid-year score of “4” may prompt additional communication from the classroom teacher to discuss ways he/she is meeting the child’s unique learning needs. 

Behavior Learning Targets are approached differently than end-of-year standards. For more information about your child’s progress, please contact the classroom teacher.