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ERIC Number: ED131105
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1976
Pages: 22
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Survey of Parent Attitudes Toward an Experimental Pupil Progress Report.
Furst, Lyndon Gerald
During the 1973-74 school year, Pacific Union College Elementary School used a new form which was much different from the form previously used to report pupil progress. About a week before the end of the school year a questionnaire of twenty questions was prepared to survey parental attitudes toward the new report forms. The survey revealed that the majority of parents (66%) preferred the old forms on stiff paper in which progress in each subject area was reported in the traditional A-B-C-D-F manner, in which separate grades for English, spelling, and handwriting were given, and in which citizenship was reported on a check list of behavior. Only 23% of the parents who replied favored the new form. In only one respect was there widespread approval (86%) of the new form; that was in the space provided for teacher comments. The survey also revealed that parents like to be consulted about the form in which their children's progress is reported. This was revealed both directly in the questionnaire when 74% of the parents indicated that both parents and teachers should decide on the type of report card used, and indirectly by the high percentage (85%) of replies from parents. (Author)
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Authoring Institution: Andrews Univ., Berrien Springs, MI. Center for Studies and Services in Education.
Identifiers - Location: California
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