Report card

A school report is a summary, documented assessment of the performance level of a student.

• 2.1 General
• 2.2 Basic school reports

School records in Germany

Types of school certificates

Public schools award certificates as:

• Mid-year report issued at the end of the first half of the school year, usually on a Friday in late January or early February. In Hesse, the issue date on the last day of class is prior to the first Monday in February, in other states in part, a week earlier, some a week later.
• Year report with communication on the displacement output at the end of the second half of the school year, on the last day of classes before summer vacation.
• Testimony about the training section ( in the College of the Gymnasium )
• Diploma to degree, usually after passing a final examination
• Leaving certificate upon leaving the school with no qualifications

And generally contain an assessment of

• The level of performance in individual subjects.

The assessment is usually in the form of school grades, partly in the form of verbal reports ( input classes, special schools, ( to differing target ) inclusion of students with disabilities in mainstream schools ).

In addition, certificates included in most German states statements about

• The labor and social behavior ( top notes ).

At private schools are partially different rules:

• Waldorf schools, Montessori schools and other educational reform -oriented public schools will not issue notes. Instead, each student is given at the end of the school year a verbal assessment in the form of a report, certificate or report to the learning process.

Assessment

In most federal states of Germany and partly in Switzerland and Austria, usually in written form, they ranked in a top note behavior, social behavior, cooperation and acquisition of knowledge of the student.

Final grades and verbal assessment

The notes or verbal assessments for the individual school subjects are named. Verbal assessment universal rules (certificate codes) as in labor are missing due to lack of ability and action lawsuit frequency

Comments

The observations fall within the federal states of different. In some states, such as Berlin absenteeism and delays are down in other states such as Lower Saxony above. Further facilities include, for example, participation in special education, a voluntary consortium or a particular commitment to it. Also is stated here, if the student is placed, remains seated or a school change is recommended. Thus fall into this field all things directly related to the school without being assigned to the individual subjects and their grades.

Signature

The contents of a certificate shall be decided by the testimony meeting and signed by the principal in general and by the class teacher. Departure and the Certificates are stamped with the official seal, in some countries offset certificates. The perusal of the testimony must be confirmed in many states in school-age students from a parent or guardian with a signature on the certificate. Also applicable in some states that adult students confirm acknowledgment of by own signature. In Lower Saxony, the scheme is about the adoption certificates in general education schools (last modified on 4 November 2010 ) in Section 4.4 below. stipulated: " In underage students a legal guardian or legal guardian signature confirmed by the perusal of the testimony. Full -year students or students confirm acknowledgment of themselves by signature. The class teacher or the class teacher make sure that the acknowledgment has been confirmed. "

School records in the United States

Generally

In the U.S., the school districts decide on the form of school reports and how frequently certificates are issued. Students of elementary schools will usually get three, rarely four certificates per school year. In high school, however, usually two certificates per school year will be issued.

The shape of the school report (report card ) may differ significantly from school to school and varies mostly with the grade level. In many American schools today certificates are issued wholly produced on the computer and do not contain any handwritten items. As in Germany, the guardians must acknowledge receipt of the certificate with their signature.

Primary school certificates

In primary school certificates take the place of the otherwise customary grading system ( with grades from A to F) in many cases the assessment levels excellent, very good, satisfactory and needs improvement.

The biggest difference to practice in Germany is that the structure of the primary school certificates not carried out according to subjects, but according to the individual skills that are developed in the classroom. Since the states holding primary schools to an extremely detailed evaluation of pupils whose testimonies are considerably larger than corresponding German products. For four to six parameters for the reading, four to seven parameters for the mathematical competence and many other parameters for writing, listening, speaking and spelling can be tested and evaluated in the testimonies of the grade levels K. Special attention is given to social competence and functioning (work habits ), which are also evaluated with six to nine parameters. In addition, fundamental American school reports regularly contain room for individual comments of the class teacher. According to their form, however, the certificates differ from school district to school district, and even within individual school districts subject to the form of frequent changes.

Subjects such as art, music and sports, in which not the class teachers, subject teachers teach but are not included in primary school reports. In professional sports, however, evaluations are possible, which may provide clues to individual motor strengths and deficits of a child instead of a pure performance evaluation.