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Assessment results are effectively communicated in many ways. In response to parent surveys, several consistent venues of communication are utilized. FastDirect, an intranet communication program, provides parents with ongoing assesment results and current grade averages. Assessments are graded and submitted to the resource staff in order to monitor individual and class progress in all grades and subjects. Assessments are then given to the principal for review. Both administration and resource staff can also access any student's academic progress through FastDirect, thereby giving them the opportunity to confer with faculty, parents, and the individual student about his or her progress.
 * 3. Communicating Assessment Results **

In addition to FastDirect, parents can view assessment results by means of weekly work sent home. Newsletters are regularly sent home, updating parents of current themes, curriculum, and assessments. Assignment notebooks are used by all students in grades three through eight and teacher homework pages on the school webpage are available beginning in grade five. The school's webpage also provides parents information regarding assessment and grade level news, as well as a weekly letter from the principal.

Mid-quarter reports and report cards are issued quarterly. Conferences are held at the end of first quarter as well as optional conferences in the spring. Parents and teachers are encouraged to communicate through the use of FastDirect email, phone calls, and individual conferences, as needed and appropriate.

The Year-At-A-Glance, a chart showing each grade level's curriculum scope and sequence organized by month, was initiated in 2007. This document is utilized by faculty to coordinate integration within and between grades levels and subjects. It is updated annually by administration and staff. Recognizing that parents are the primary educators of their children, the Year-At-A-Glance is supplied to parents as a reference. (61 words)

3. Communicating Assessment Results Assessment results are effectively communicated in many ways. In response to parent surveys, several consistent venues of communication are utilized. FastDirect, an intranet communication program, provides parents with ongoing assesment results and current grade averages. Assessments are graded and submitted to the resource staff in order to monitor individual and class progress in all grades and subjects. Assessments are then given to the principal for review. Both administration and resource staff can also access any student's academic progress through FastDirect, thereby giving them the opportunity to confer with faculty, parents, and the individual student about his or her progress.(99)

In addition to FastDirect, parents can view assessment results by means of weekly work sent home. Letters are regularly sent home, updating parents to current themes, curriculum, and assessments. Assignment notebooks are used by all students in grades three through eight and teacher homework pages on the school webpage are available for grades five through eight. The school's webpage also provides parents information regarding assessment and grade level news, as well as a weekly letter from the prinicipal. (78)

Report cards are given quarterly and mid-quarter reports are made available to parents. Parent conferences are held at the end of first quarter and optional conferences are offered in the Spring. Parents and teachers are encouraged to communicate through the use of FastDirect email, phone calls, and individual conferences, as needed and appropriate. (54)

The Year-At-A-Glance, a monthly scope and sequence tool, was initiated in 2007 as an organizational curriculum aid. This document is utilized by faculty enhancing curriculum intergration within and between grades levels and special/support staff. It is updated annually by administration and staff. Recognizing that parents are the primary educators of their children, the Year-At-A-Glance is available to parents as a reference. (68)

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