5420 - REPORTING STUDENT PROGRESS

1. The Board believes that the cooperation of school and home is a vital ingredient to the growth and education of the whole child. It recognizes its responsibility to keep parents/legal guardians informed of student welfare and progress in school.
2. The Board directs the establishment of a system of reporting student progress which shall include written reports and parent conferences with teachers, and will require all appropriate staff members to comply with such a system as part of their professional responsibility.
3. The Superintendent, in conjunction with appropriate staff members, will develop procedures for reporting student progress to parents which:
    
   1. ensure that both student and parents/legal guardians receive ample warning of a pending grade of "failure" or one that would adversely affect the student's status;
   2. enable the scheduling of parent-teacher conferences at such times and in such places as will ensure the greatest degree of participation by parents/legal guardians;
   3. specify the issuance of report cards at intervals of not more than nine (9) weeks;
   4. ensure a continual review and improvement of methods of reporting student progress to parents/legal guardians.
4. Annual Report to Parents Regarding Student Progress
   
   The Board will annually provide a report to the parent/legal guardian or each student identifying the progress of the student toward achieving State and District expectations for proficiency in English language arts, science, social studies, and mathematics.  Parents/legal guardians will also be provided a report identifying student results on each Statewide standardized assessment and the coordinated screening and progress monitoring system under F.S. 1008.25.  Progress reporting will be provided to parents/legal guardians in a written, easy-to-comprehend individual student report in a language that parents can understand.  This information will be accessible through secure, web-based options, as part of the District’s student information system.  An individual student report will be provided in a printed format is requested by a parent/legal guardian.  The report must also include parent resources that explain the purpose of progress monitoring, assist the parent in interpreting progress monitoring results, and support informed parent/legal guardian involvement. 
5. Parents will also be notified of reading deficiency issues as required by F.S. 1008.25, if applicable.
6. This report to parents/legal guardians may be included with the student report cards at the end of the year if all students receive report cards.  Additionally, to facilitate timely interventions and supports pursuant to F.S. 1008.25, the District must provide results from the first two (2) administrations of the progress monitoring system to a student’s parent/legal guardian within two (2) weeks after administration.
7. The results from the comprehensive, end-of-year progress monitoring ELA assessment for grades 3 through 10 and Mathematics assessment for grades 3 through 8 must be delivered to a student’s parent/legal guardian within one (1) week after receiving the results from the FLDOE.
8. The Board will annually publish on the official District website the following information on the prior school year:
    
   1. The provisions of F.S. 1008.25 relating to public school student progression and the Board’s policies and procedures on student retention and promotion.
   2. By grade, the number and percentage of all students in grade 3 through 10 performing at Levels 1 and 2 on the Statewide, standardized English language arts assessment.
   3. By grade, the number and percentage of all students retained in kindergarten through grade 10.
   4. Information on the total number of students who were promoted for good cause, by each category of good cause as specified in F.S. 1008.25.
   5. Any revisions to the Board’s policies and procedures on student retention and promotion from the prior year.
9. Report Cards
    
   1. Report cards issued by the District will contain, in addition to other information, the following:
       
      1. The student’s academic performance in each class or course, which in grades 1 through 12 must be based upon examinations as well as written papers, class participation, and other academic performance criteria, and must include the student’s performance or nonperformance at his/her grade level.
      2. The student’s conduct and behavior.
      3. The student’s attendance, including absences and tardiness.
      4. A student’s final report card for a school year shall contain a statement indicating end-of-the-year status regarding performance or nonperformance at grade level, acceptable or unacceptable behavior and attendance, and promotion or nonpromotion.
10. The Student Progression Plan (SPP) adopted for the school year is incorporated by reference and can be found on the Brevard County Public Schools' website. 

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