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Report card

Meaning in education & teaching, with examples

nounCore term

In education & teaching, report card means: An official document that a school sends to parents, showing a student's grades, attendance and teachers' comments for a term or semester.

In Turkish: karne

How it is used

American English; British schools usually say school report or just report. Report cards go home or are sent out at the end of a grading period. Teachers write report card comments, which can take many hours.

Example sentences

  1. Report cards will be sent home on the last Friday of January.

  2. I try to write one positive comment and one goal on every report card.

Common collocations

  • report card comments
  • send home report cards
  • end-of-term report card
  • get a report card
  • gradeA letter or number that shows how good a student's work or overall performance is; in American schools it also means a school year level, as in fifth grade.
  • parent-teacher conferenceA short meeting between a teacher and a student's parents or guardians to discuss the student's progress, behavior and next steps.
  • semesterOne of the two main parts into which a school or university year is divided, each usually lasting about four or five months.
  • attendanceBeing present at school or in class, or the record of how often a student has been present; schools track it every day.

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