Formal Progress Reports

In multiage programs, formal progress reports can vary from report card methods using progress indicators to narrative summaries of student performance. Each school chooses a format that is most appropriate to its reporting needs. Here are two examples:

• Williams Elementary School in Williams, Arizona, uses a multiage report card that indicates a continuum of student development. Filled out four times per year, the report requires the use of a different colored marking pen for each quarter. Each developmental category is filled in like a bar graph. There also is room for teacher comments.

• The Primary Learning Center at Raymond Central Elementary School in Ceresco, Nebraska, has developed a narrative student progress report. It is used to communicate information about a student's accomplishments, interests, abilities, development, and attitudes.