REPORT CARD INFORMATION
 

This year we will be unveiling a new report card at the intermediate schools (North and West).  Those of you that had children that attended the Woburn Street or Shawsheen Schools are already familiar with competency-based report cards.  Beginning this year students at the intermediate level we will also be evaluated on their academic performance (competencies) based on the standards developed by the Department of Education.  These same standards form the basis for the MCAS exam administered to all students in the spring each year.

The biggest difference between the new report card and what your children received at the Woburn Street or Shawsheen is that our report card will also contain traditional letter grades (A, B, C, etc.), as has been done in the past.  Our challenge in developing this new report card was to create something that would continue what has been started at the lower levels (competency-based assessment), while retaining letter grades which are used exclusively at the middle school level – to create a hybrid of sorts between the two.

To review the new report card, please click the link below.  The first thing you’ll notice is the Evaluation Key.  On this report card we will be using three types of marking symbols    

• Letter Grades:  A, B, C, etc.

• Competencies:  M, P, L, NE

• Effort:  1, 2, 3

 
Grade 4 Report card
Grade 5 Report card
 

Letter grades will be assigned for English Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies and Science.  Competencies will be evaluated for English Language Arts and Math as well as all specialist areas.  Effort grades will be assigned for all subject areas, including specialists and “Student Responsibilities.”

Please take some time to familiarize yourself with these new report cards.  We’re hopeful that you will find this format useful in understanding how your child is progressing at school. As always, please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.