Student Reports - Reporting Requirements

This section provides the background to the report cards, outlines the key requirements for reporting to parents, and provides more detail on specific aspects of the report card format and the reporting process.

Topics in this section include:

Background to the student report cards - describes how the report cards came to be.

Issuing report cards - outlines when report cards must be issued.

Reporting against the Victorian Essential Learning Standards- lists the domains schools are required to report against from 2008.

Mandated components of the report card format - outlines the mandated components of the report card.

Scope for flexibility - explains how schools can tailor aspects of the report card to meet their needs.

Making judgments and assigning scores - explains the role of standards, progression points and assessment maps in making judgments and assigning scores.

The relationship between scores and A-E ratings - explains how scores link to the A-E scale.

The A-E ratings - provides information on the background to the A-E scale; what the ratings mean; implications for student motivation and progression; and advice on alternatives to A-E ratings for individual assessment tasks.

Written comments - information about the written comments section of the report, including comments from teachers, parents and students.

Reporting achievement in subjects that do not include all dimensions of a domain - provides key advice for teachers when reporting achievement in subjects that do not include all dimensions of a domain

Reporting achievement in domains that are offered in one semester only - provides key advice for teachers when reporting achievement in domains that are offered in one semester only

Reporting achievement in Mathematics - explains how Mathematics teachers require specific advice for reporting student achievement using the report cards.

Reporting the achievement of students using Individual Learning Plans - information about sample cards for students with disabilities (PSD students) following an Individual Learning Plan.

Reporting the achievement of students for whom English is a Second Language (ESL) - indicates how the progress of ESL students should be reported and links to sample report cards.

Portfolios - information on how the portfolios can be linked to the student report cards.

Quartile rankings - explains how parents can find out on demand in which 25 per cent of their peer group their child is performing in the subjects studied in comparison to others in the student’s peer group at the same school.