Reporting to Parents in Primary School: Communication, Meaning ...

Reporting to Parents in Primary School: Communication, Meaning and Learning
4.2.3 Sample: Language of instruction,
school type and student diversity . . . . . . . . . . 122
4.3 School reporting policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
4.3.1 Written policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
4.3.2 Written policy statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
4.3.3 Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
4.3.4 Induction of new teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
4.4 School practice on reporting: Recording,
report cards and other written communication. . . . . 128
4.4.1 Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
4.4.2 Provision of written report card . . . . . . . . . . 131
4.4.3 Report card content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
4.4.5 When are report cards sent home? . . . . . . . . . 135
4.4.6 Communicating about and supporting
understanding of report cards and standardised tests 136
4.4.7 Linguistic diversity and reporting to parents . . . . 140
4.4.8 Fostering parental involvement . . . . . . . . . . . 141
4.4.9 Satisfaction with and redesign of report cards . . . . 143
4.5 School practice in reporting: Parent-teacher meetings . 144
4.5.1 Parent-teacher meetings: Who and when? . . . . . 145
4.5.2 Principals’ views of parent reaction to
parent-teacher meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
4.6 Reporting and learning: School composition, parental
involvement and perceptions of effective
involvement and school efficacy . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
4.6.1 Reporting, learning and school organisational
practices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
4.6.2 Structural equation models. . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
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