Interpreting Student Progress Reports and How to Work Effectively with Your Student's Teachers...

n this section of the website we want to provide you, the parent or guardian, with as much information as possible so that you can participate in your student's academic success.

For students in kindergarten through 6th grade, the Dubuque Community School District has adopted a more comprehensive Student Progress Report format that is designed to provide you with more specific information about your student's progress. A key objective of the report is to provide you with more useful information on areas where your student needs to improve.

In the right column are links to a short video we've produced on how to interpret the Student Progress Report.

Meanwhile, keep in mind that the Student Progress Report is just one communication link in what must grow as a collaborative relationship between you, your student, and the teacher. We feel we are all in this together. We all must endeavor to identify problem areas early so that we can all worth together to resolve or compensate for them.

A good collaborative relationship in addressing the educational needs of your student starts with his or her teacher.

Here are some questions you can ask your student's teacher during a parent teacher conference or any time you want to discuss your child's progress with a teacher.

1) What is my child learning?

2) What tests are used? What do they tell us?

3) What do you do to help my child learn?

4) What can I do to help my child at home?

5) When are children taught in groups rather than as an entire class?

6) How are children disciplined in your classroom?

7) How much homework can I expect my child to receive?
K-6 Progress Report Video Orientation
This video (about 5 minutes) introduces you to our Progress Report and provides an overview of the report's main objectives and is a helpful guide for parents. It includes an introduction by Superintendent John Burgart.
The turtle downloads a complete movie, no streaming. This is best for telephone modems. After saving this file, you can play it with RealPlayer. The rabbit button is a streaming movie. If you have high-speed web access such as DSL, it will begin playing immediately. The rocket button is for high-speed networks (like our schools have), DSL, and cable modems. It's the largest size streaming movie file with full-stereo audio. Further instructions are below on how to play video and audio files that appear on our website.
Rubrics (Scoring Guides) in Acrobat

Rubrics are scoring guides that are curriculum based. That means they were developed by highly qualified educators who determined what students should know and when they should know it. It helps teachers and parents measure progress by determining how a student has met a list of quantifiable objectives in a designated subject area. Below are the details of those rubrics, and they include everything from art and music to math, science and social studies. Some rubrics span all primary grades from kindergarten through 6th grade, but others, like Music (K-3 and Art (K-2) just cover those early grades in this sampling. There are many more rubrics in use in the district for primary and secondary grades. Asking what the rubric is for a particular class is a good discussion point when discussing your student's progress with his/her teacher.

Art K-2

Handwriting K-6

Personal Development K-6

Listening and Speaking

Math K-5

Music K-3

Physical Education K-6

Reading K-6

Science

Social Studies

Wellness Ed

Writing and Spelling
Actual Progress Reports

Download the Actual Progress Report Documents in PDF (Acrobat) format:

Link 1 Progress Report Kindergarten through 2nd Grade

Link 2 Progress Report Kindergarten through 2nd Grade ELA (Early Literacy Assessment)

Link 3 Kindergarten through 2 Art

Link 4 Kindergarten through 2 Music

Link 5 Kindergarten through 6th Grade PE

Link 6 Progress Report 1st Grade

Link 7 Progress Report 2nd Grade

Link 8 Progress Report 2nd Grade BRI (Basic Reading Inventory)

Link 9 Progress Report 3rd Grade

Link 10 Progress Report 3rd Grade BRI (Basic Reading Inventory)

Link 11 Progress Report 4th Grade

Link 12 Progress Report 4th Grade BRI (Basic Reading Inventory)

Link 11 Progress Report 5th Grade

Link 12 Progress Report 5th Grade BRI (Basic Reading Inventory)

Link 11 Progress Report 6th Grade

Link 12 Progress Report 6th Grade BRI (Basic Reading Inventory)

Link 13 Progress Report Instrumental Music Grades 4, 5, and 6

Link 14 Progress Report Music Grades 4, 5, and 6

 

Instructions For Those Outside of Our School Network (The General Public)

We are now providing a choice of RealPlayer applications for you to download and install on your computer to enable you to view the video and audio files. One is RealPlayer8 and the other is RealOne Player, which is an excellent player with many new features. It's easy to install, so just follow the on-screen steps. You will be required to register with Real.com, but these are free software applications (there are versions you can pay for if you choose, but they are not necessary for basic viewing and listening).

Which Player is Best for Me?

Of the two types of free players available, RealPlayer 8 is the traditional player that is free and will work beautifully to access Web based multimedia files from our site. There is also a new player available, which is also free, called RealONE. Either player will probably work for your operating system. If your system is older (Windows 95, NT), however, you may want to use the RealPlayer 8 software. If you are running a newer, faster system like Windows 98, ME, XP, or 2000, go for the RealOne player.

Macintosh Owners:

You can get a RealPlayer for Macintosh, Visit Real.com to download their free player options. Remember, look for the FREE players. They are sometimes difficult to find on their Web site.

Oh, and one more thing... sometimes when you click on a sound or video file in our Web site with the RealPlayer installed, you get a little commercial window that pops up on your desktop. It's annoying, but a small price to pay for the privilege of having the free RealPlayer on your system. Just click it off, and it will disappear.

Instructions For Machines on our School Network (Teachers and Staff)
We are recommending (and IT is supporting) RealPlayer8. This is for ALL computers on our network (in all school and administration buildings throughout the District). This includes all Windows 2000 machines. Click here to get the free player from our network server. If you do not have administrative priveleges, please call your building media specialist to help you.

 

 

 

 

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