Student Reports

Continuous Reporting

At GK our assessment is continuous and parents/carers are updated regularly about their child's progress.

Our continuous reporting is communicated through our school manager COMPASS. Every fortnight parents are provided with an assessed piece of work of their child's, against the Victorian Curriculum. These Learning Tasks feed directly into each students End of Semester Report.

• a chart with a scale of 5 levels, showing your child's current progress against the expected state-wide standard as well as the progress they have made since the previous year *
• a chart showing your child’s level of effort and class behaviour
• details about attendance
• easy to understand comments from teachers on students wellbeing and social progress

A common reporting scale

The report card’s 5 point scale rating will tell you how your child is progressing against the expected standard. For example, a dot in the yellow column means your child is at the expected standard and that his or her learning is on track. The reporting scale has the following consistent meanings across the state:

• 2 or more levels above - well above the expected standard at this time of year
• 1 level above - above the standard expected at this time of year
• Yellow column - at the standard expected at this time of year
• 1 level below - below the standard expected at this time of year
• 2 or more levels below - well below the standard expected at this time of year.

You might remember receiving marks, comments, or ‘A’s, ‘B’s, ‘C’s, or even ‘D’s or ‘E’s when you were at school. Although useful, these ratings were often not consistent from one school to another.

In some schools, for example, a ‘C’ would mean ‘barely adequate’, in others ‘satisfactory’, and in others ‘not good enough’. A ‘B’ rating could mean ‘quite good’ in one school, ‘very good’ in another, and ‘about average’ in another.

In reading your child’s report, it is important to remember that the 5 level ratings have a specific meaning that is consistent in all Victorian schools. For example, on the report card, no matter which school your child attends, a level above rating will always mean that your child is above the state-wide standard expected at the time of year. A level at rating will always mean your child has achieved the state-wide standard expected at this time of the year, and their learning is firmly on track.

The 5-point scale linked to the Victorian Curriculum on student report cards means all Government schools in Victoria (with the exception of some specialist setting schools) now use the same approach to reporting student progress. The 5 levels of ratings have the same meaning at every school and student progress is reported against the same Standards.

End of Semester Reports are designed to provide students and parents with a clear picture of a student’s achievement at the time of reporting as well as the progress the student has made since the previous year so that action can be taken to ensure improvements are made. This means the report clearly indicate progress made and current areas of achievement at, above or below the expected standard. Due to the nature of continuous reporting their are no surprises at these times of assessment as parents/carers have been updated continuously throughout the semester of their child's progress.

Not all students will make significant progress or meet all of the standards expected for their year level all of the time. It is not unusual for students to make better progress in some areas than in others. Some students may be achieving at the standard, but have made little progress over the year. Others may not be achieving at the standard yet but may have made significant progress since the previous year.

The principle behind the student report cards is that it is essential for the school, the student and the parent to have as clear as possible picture of the progress made over a year, as well as current achievement.

Where a student has made little progress or is currently not meeting the standard expected, this is clearly indicated on the report and the class teacher will be in contact with the family directly.