Report Cards

I believe that report cards are an easy and effective way to keep track of students’ educational growth. These grades can effectively capture the attention of a parent with a child who is not achieving their full potential. Upon receiving these grades students can also feel proud of their accomplishments as well as try and work more diligently on other areas that might need improving. I also think it’s important to make sure the parents understand why their child might be receiving a poor grade in a certain subject. As a teacher I would like to be able to comment along with the grades in order to explain why the student received a low mark. As well as report cards I believe that progress reports are conducive to encouraging students to pick up the slack and work harder. If the student and parent see that halfway through the marking period their grade is poor, they will be able to work harder to bring it up for the report card.