Report card
In Japanese: 通知表 (tsuchihyo)
Definition
A report card (tsuchihyo) is a document each school makes to tell pupils and parents how learning and attendance went in a term or year.
In more detail
MEXT describes report cards as documents each school prepares to tell pupils and parents about learning and help improve it, with handling and content left to each school.
Unlike the cumulative record, which every school must keep, report cards have no fixed form; items differ from school to school.
They are often built from the same grade and attendance records as the cumulative record.
In Classio
In Classio, the 通知表・要録・調査書 screen builds report card data from grade and attendance records.
See also
Related terms
- Cumulative record
A cumulative record (shido yoroku) records a pupil’s enrollment and the course and results of their education; school law requires the principal to keep one.
- Overall grade
An overall grade (hyotei) sums up learning in a subject against the Course of Study goals and expresses it as a numbered level.
- Criterion-based assessment
Criterion-based assessment (kantenbetsu hyoka) grades each subject on separate criteria, such as knowledge and skills, on a three-level A/B/C scale.
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