I-6800     ©     IKAB
REPORT  CARDS / PROGRESS  REPORTS

District  Report  Cards

Each school district must distribute copies of the state wide indicators, containing the descriptions and information required by code.

The School District Report Card may be used to make such a report.

Student  Progress  Reports

It is essential that students' progress in school be fully communicated to their parents.

Each school will report students' progress to the students and to their parents or guardians as appropriate.  The reports will be clear, concise, and accurate, and will provide a basis of understanding among teachers, parents, and students for the benefit of the individual students.  The Superintendent will develop progress report forms or cards in accordance with this policy.

The following specific requirements are established:

•     Parents will be informed regularly, and at least four (4) times a year, as to the progress their children are making in school.

•     Parents will be alerted and conferred with as soon as possible when a student's performance or attitude becomes unsatisfactory or shows marked or sudden deterioration.

•     Insofar as possible, distinctions will be made between a student's attitude and academic performance.

•     At comparable levels, the school will strive for consistency in grading and reporting except as this is inappropriate for certain classes or certain students.

•     When grades are given, school staff members will take particular care to explain to parents the meaning of marks and symbols as they apply to student achievement.

•     When no grades are given but evaluation is made informally in terms of the student's own progress, such evaluation will be a realistic appraisal of the skills developed by the student.

•     Reports of progress for students qualified for services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (I.D.E.A.) shall be based on their progress in the general curriculum and shall address whether the progress is sufficient to enable the student to achieve the goals stated in the student's individualized education program (IEP) by the end of the school year.

K  through  3  Literacy
Progress  Report

If a kindergarten (K) through grade three (3) student is not proficient in literacy, as determined by the middle of year benchmark assessment for literacy, the student's teacher shall notify the student's parent or legal guardian formally, in writing, and hold a parent-teacher conference.

Adopted:     October 9, 2018

LEGAL REF.:     22-2C-6 NMSA (1978)
6.19.9 NMAC

CROSS REF.:     IKACA - Parent Conferences
IKAB - Report Cards/Progress Reports