Student Reports - Mandated Components of the Report Card
Student report cards must include:
- a graphical representation that shows achievement against the expected Victorian Essential Learning Standard (VELS) during the reporting period, as well as achievement in the preceding 12 months (i.e. where the child was placed against expected standards in their previous year of school compared to their current achievement)
- a five-point A-E scale indicating achievement against the expected standard at the time of reporting. This scale indicates if a child is well above, above, at, below or well below the standard expected at the time of reporting
- a graphical representation to show a child’s work habits (effort and behaviour in class)
- written information about what a child knows and can do, where the child may need additional support or to be extended, how the school will provide that assistance and what parents can do at home to help their child’s learning
- student involvement in reporting through student comment and in secondary school, student identification of their own personal learning goals
- parent involvement in reporting through parent comment
- details of absences.
For an illustration of the mandated sections, headings and graphics, see: Sample Report Cards