Bondurant-Farrar Community Schools

Artifact
Artifact Title: Progress Report
Portfolio Author: Christina Cornia
Date: October 27, 2015
Iowa Teaching Standard 5 Uses a variety of methods to monitor student learning.

a. Aligns classroom assessment with instruction.

b. Communicates assessment criteria and standards to all students and
parents.
c. Understands and uses the results of multiple assessments to guide planning and
instruction.
d. Guides students in goal setting and assessing their own learning.
e. Provides substantive, timely, and constructive feedback to students and parents.
f. Works with other staff and building and district leadership in analysis of student
progress.

I chose this artifact to show:

X strength and competency in this standard
Evidence to support attainment of this standard:
Description of artifact and how the artifact meets the standard:
Three times each year I send progress reports home with my students. The progress report is a less formal
version of the report card. The progress reports reflects how students are doing in all content areas. I
complete each report with any concerns I have for the students. I also make it a point to be positive and
recommend a study strategy for students who I feel is struggling in an area. Students are sent home with their
progress reports in an envelope, parents must sign the envelope so I know it has been seen, and students
return the envelope. If a signed envelope has not come back after a day or two, I contact parents to ensure
they have seen the progress report. The progress report is a way for students and parents to see how each
student is doing, and it also opens the door for parents to contact me if they have questions.

Reflection on artifact:
The progress reports have a friendly format. They are not extremely detailed, but do give an accurate picture
of students success and struggles at that time. Sending these reports home mid-trimester allows for growth
and improvement before the report card. They are also an opportunity for students to read suggestions I have
for them, such as to more actively participate in class.
I would like to see progress reports take a step forward with a technology aspect. Currently parents are able to
monitor their students scores on Infinite Campus. This year we are sending report cards home via email for
the first time. I look forward to this and the response from parents.