# Report Card Comment Worksheet

Use one copy per student and reporting area. Follow your school or district's reporting, privacy, and review requirements.

## 1. Reporting context

- Student name: ______________________________________________
- Grade or course: ____________________________________________
- Subject or reporting area: __________________________________
- Reporting period: ___________________________________________
- Skill or expectation being reported: _________________________

## 2. Evidence

Choose two or three relevant, recent sources. Record only information you are authorized to use.

| Date | Task, observation, or assessment | What the student did | Support or conditions |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |

What is secure now?

________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________

Where does the process become difficult or inconsistent?

________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________

## 3. Progress

Choose a valid reference point: earlier work, a previous level of support, repeated tasks, or a stated expectation.

- Earlier evidence or condition: __________________________________
- Current evidence or condition: _________________________________
- What changed in accuracy, independence, complexity, consistency, or transfer?

________________________________________________________________

If there is no valid baseline, describe current performance without claiming progress.

## 4. Next step

- One teachable skill: ___________________________________________
- Classroom action or support: ___________________________________
- Evidence to collect next: ______________________________________
- When to review: _______________________________________________

## 5. Draft the comment

**Evidence:** In recent __________________________________________,

________________________________________________________________

**Progress or current performance:** ______________________________

________________________________________________________________

**Next step:** ___________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________

## 6. Revision check

- [ ] Every claim is supported by evidence.
- [ ] The comment describes learning or observable behavior, not a trait or motive.
- [ ] Any progress claim has a clear reference point.
- [ ] The next step names one manageable, teachable skill.
- [ ] The comment separates subject knowledge from English-language evidence when relevant.
- [ ] It contains no diagnosis, speculation, or information about another student.
- [ ] Sensitive information follows the approved school process.
- [ ] The wording meets local reporting requirements and has received any required review.

## Sentence structures to adapt

- In recent **[task or context]**, **[student]** can **[observable skill]** when **[relevant condition]**.
- Compared with **[earlier evidence]**, **[student]** now **[specific change]**.
- Current work shows **[what is secure]** and **[where the process becomes difficult]**.
- With **[named support]**, **[student]** can **[observable outcome]**.
- The next instructional focus is **[one skill]**, practiced through **[brief classroom action]**.