September 8, 2010 Dear Carter Lake, Clarkmoor, or Dower Parent,
Clover Park School District is in the midst of a multi-year
process intended to update the district’s Elementary School
report card. The current district report card format is over 20
years old and was designed to support student learning
objectives that are no longer in use. The current district
report card does not provide parents with information on how
their student is progressing toward meeting current state
standards in any subject area. Carter Lake will join Clarkmoor
and Dower Elementary Schools in piloting a new report card
system during the 2010-11 school year that is directly connected
to the standards being taught and assessed in Washington State.
Clarkmoor and Dower Elementary Schools both piloted the first
draft of the standards-based report cards during the 2009-10
school year. Feedback from staff and parents was used to revise
the standards-based report cards for this year. This new system
of standards-based reporting and has been