Reporting Student Learning

4 Reporting Student Learningto the letter grades or percentage marks teachers assign and record on the Provincial ReportCards to represent a summary of their judgements about the student’s achievement, they givedescriptive feedback in comments, indicating what students have learned and need to learn aswell as providing guidance to help students improve their learning.For some students experiencing significant academic or behavioural challenges, communicationwith parents and the development of supportive interventions may have to begin even earlier thanthe Elementary Progress Report Card. For example, the updating of Individual Education Plans (IEPs)and communication with parents as part of that process must be completed in the first weeks ofthe school year.Teachers and schools can share information with parents about assessment practices throughnewsletters, school websites, and parent information nights.Equitable and Inclusive CommunicationIt is important to recognize that, in Ontario’s diverse society, there may be challenges incommunicating with some parents. Teachers may need to use interpreters, settlement workers, orother community support personnel to assist in communicating“Ontario is Canada’s mostinformation about student progress and achievement. For Firstdiverse province … WeNation, Métis, and Inuit students, teachers should considermust … address the needsinvolving Aboriginal counsellors and/or members of theof a rapidly changing andextended family.increasingly complex societyby ensuring that our policiesevolve with changingsocietal needs.”(Ontario Ministry of Education,2009, p. 9)