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KnowledgeBases > The Classroom Assessment KnowledgeBase > Element 4 > Activity 2 > Task 1: Communicate with Students and Parents

Guideline:

Progress reporting to students and parents is critical to the feedback loop for formative assessment.  However, feedback is more than just passing along assessment results.  Parents and students need to know the student's strengths and weaknesses associated with subject content and how to improve identified weak areas.  Additionally, teachers need to be cognizant of how and what they communicate to students and parents. Special attention must be given to communicating with parents whose primary language is not English.

Practical Tips Tip Sheet - Crafting Effective Messages _EXTERNAL_LINK

This Biodiversity Project document offers ten tips for crafting effective messages for communications plans.

References Awareness of Cultural Differences in Parental Involvement

This document summarizes findings from Model Strategies in Bilingual Education: Family Literacy & Parent Involvement, a research report from the U.S. Department of Education. The findings in this document highlight how cultural differences have a positive and negative influence on parental involvement in children's schooling.

References Grading and Reporting _EXTERNAL_LINK

Developed by Education Northwest, formerly the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, Toolkit98 is designed to assist teachers to become better assessors of student learning. Chapter 4 addresses grading and reporting.

References Writing to Linguistically Diverse Audiences

Writing effectively for an audience with a wide variety of backgrounds is difficult. This page provides several resources to help writers craft their message to reach the widest possible audience.

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