The movement to a standards-based report card is progressing. It has been decided that a numerical grade ranging from a 1 to a 4 will be utilized at the primary level (grades K-3) while a percentage-based grade will continue to be utilized in grades 4-12. It is our goal for the final report card product that the specific standards that composed the majority of the reading and math grades and the student attainment levels of those standards be listed below the reading and math grades.

The Standards-Based Report Card Committee has met twice over the past few weeks to discuss the reporting categories related to reading that will appear on future standards-based report cards. The National Reading Panel has identified phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development, fluency and comprehension as the most important reading skills. These skills are found in the PA Academic Standards for Reading, Writing, Speaking & Listening in Standards 1.1, 1.2 & 1.3. The committee is continuing to work on narrowing down the reporting categories within reading to six categories. Once this is accomplished, the committee will focus its efforts on the math reporting categories.