
Changing What Report Cards Measure
Report cards have provided an at-a-glance measure for students’ academic success for years. Students complete homework, classwork, projects, and tests. Then these results are averaged for report card grades. Recently public schools are expected to follow the same at-a-glance measure; a school report card. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) requires all states publish a report card for every public school in the state. Teachers and administrators develop curr