Reporting of

Assessment Data
Language Assessment TSL 3112
Semester 6

Purposes of Reporting
General

pupose:
To recognise, acknowledge and
give credit for what students have
achieved
To contribute to students personal
development and progress
To assist schools and the system in
identifying the potential of the
students

For Instructional uses:

It is for the improvement of student
learning and development.
For the purpose of instructional use the
report should include the following:
a) clarify the instructional objectives.
b) indicate the students strength and
weaknesses in learning.
c) provide information concerning the
students personal-social development.
d) contribute to the students motivation.

Reports to parents:
To inform parents of their childrens school
progress and so parents are better able to
cooperate with the school in promoting their
childrens learning and development.
To enable parents to give their children the
emotional support and encouragement for
their successes, failures and problems.
To know their childrens strengths and
weaknesses in learning which provides a
basis for making better and realistic
educational and vocational plans for the
children.

Administrative and Guidance uses:

To determine promotion and graduation,
awarding honours
To report to other schools and prospective
employers
To report to the District Education
office/State Education Department

Reporting Methods

Letter grades have been the primary method of

reporting student progress.
Single letter grade is very convenient of
reporting as it is easily recorded and averaged
but it does not give a comprehensive
development report of the students.
It is preferable to report student achievement
along with other reports which include portfolios
of student work to give a valid and reliable
information of the student achievement.

1. Individual Written Report

The traditional way of reporting student achievement is

the report cards.
Student achievements are documented and the
traditional way is using the letter or number grading.
Report card formats are continually being developed
because often teachers found a mismatch between the
ways they are assessing and the way its being reported.
Hence, newly designed report formats do not make
comparisons of achievement between students but put an
emphasis on documenting individual accomplishments.
Individual written reports will tell the strengths and
weaknesses and learning needs of each student which
include students progress in all areas of development.
However in writing out detailed reports teachers must be
tactful.

2.Multiple reporting
Multiple reporting system retains the use of
traditional grading(letter grades or numbers) and
supplements the grades with checklists of
objectives.
Two grades are assigned, one for achievement
and the other for effort, improvement or
progress.
The format of the report can be decided by a
committee consisting of students, parents,
teachers and other school personnel to reflect the
information these groups considered most useful.

3. Individual parent/teacher
conferences

To overcome the limited information provided by the traditional

report card and to establish better cooperation between
teachers and parents (or guardians), some schools use regularly
scheduled parent-teacher conferences. This reporting method is
most widely used at the elementary level, with its greatest use
in the primary grades.
It is a flexible procedure that provides two-way communication
between school and home. The conference permits teachers
and parents to ask questions, discuss their common concerns in
helping the student,and cooperatively plan a program to
improve the students learning and development.
Limitations to this method:
time consuming
requires skill to communicate
does not provide a systematic record of student progress
Some parents are unwilling or unable to come
Therefore it is more useful as a supplementary method of
reporting.