Department of Assessment, Curriculum, and Instruction

Kahle Charles, Director of Curriculum

SVVSD Elementary Report Card

Our Mission• To design an organizational structure to make the

new Colorado Academic Standards a useful, relevant, instructional planning and reporting tool, and…

o increase student achievement by focusing on what students need to know, understand, and be able to do at each grade level and how it is measured

o develop and implement with fidelity and accountability a guaranteed and viable curriculum that is standards-based

o promote organizational effectiveness

The New Colorado Academic Standards

• Important Design Features o Written with “the end in mind” by defining a prepared

graduate (P-16 principles)

o Articulated by grade levels, not grade bands (High school Science & Social Studies by standard)

o Integrated 21st Century and Postsecondary Workforce Readiness Skills (PWR)

The New Colorado Academic Standards

• Important Design Featureso Written to be fewer, clearer, and highero Concepts, not facts, written for mastery o Common Core Standards for Math and Language

Arts

21st Century Skills Defined• Colorado 21st Century Skills

o Critical Thinking and Reasoningo Information Literacyo Collaborationo Self-Directiono Invention

• These skills are defined within each content area

Benchmarking for Rigor• Singapore National Curriculum• Massachusetts Curriculum Framework• Virginia Standards of Learning• Finland – National Core Curriculum• WestEd Colorado Model Content Standards

Review• Building Blocks to the Colorado K-12 Content

Standards

Resources

• Unit Plans• Year-At-A-Glance• Curriculum Maps

Purposes of a Standards-Based Report Card• The Standards-Based Report Card

provides more detailed feedback to parents regarding the progress their children are making toward specific learning expectations at their grade level.

• The report card allows parents and students to understand more clearly what is expected of students and how to help them be successful in a rigorous academic program.

• To provide traditional grades along with scores for each learning expectation addressed in a grading period.

Report Card Changes

Alignment to the New Colorado Academic Standards (CAS)

New Language to Reflect the CAS 

•Proficient changed to Masteryo Mastery means that a student has facility with a skill or concept in

multiple contexts. Can they do it? Can they apply it?

Report Card Changes

• In the past, teachers graded students based on the student’s progress on mastery of the target outcomes by the end of the school year.

• In the new, enhanced format, teachers grade student mastery of targets for the trimester.

• This change is meant to help parents and teachers know, more precisely, how the student is progressing during each grading period.

How is Academic Achievement Noted on the Report Card?

3rd Grade Sample2.0 Mathematics

Term

1 2 3

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, GRADES K-3

Mathematics Achievement, Grades K-3

INDEPENDENT LEVEL

Independent Level

LEARNER EXPECTATIONS

3-Add and subtract numbers within 1000 using efficient algorithms

3-Use place value to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 and 100

3-Identify and compare fractions in relation to whole numbers

3-Solve multiple step word problems involving +, -, x, /

Report performance on evidence outcomes

as related to learner expectation per

trimester

1.1.a.ii (Unit 1)1.1.a.ii (Unit 3)1.2a (Unit 3)1.2b (Unit 3)1.2d (Unit 3)

3

1.1.a.i (Unit 4)

2

NA

3

4

O

+

Report Card Information

• New Website

Questions