Date of Award:

5-1945

Document Type:

Thesis

Degree Name:

Master of Science (MS)

Department:

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

Department name when degree awarded

Education

Committee Chair(s)

E. A. Jacobsen

Committee

E. A. Jacobsen

Abstract

This study of the pupil-progress reports of the elementary schools of the state of Utah came about as the request of an assignment of the late Superintendent Keith Wahlquist. In answer to requests of local teachers and principals, a committee was assigned to make an investigation and recommendations for a revision of our reporting system. The work with the committee led to further study, which finally led to the writing of this thesis.

After a tentative formulation of the problem, a program of reading was outlined to ascertain current trends in pupil-progress reports. A request was mailed to all school districts of the state to obtain a sample of their reporting forms, or a statement describing the method they used in making their reports to parents. The material for this thesis has been obtained from extensive reading concerning educational practices, and the report forms and information obtained from the school districts of the state.

At the outset of this study, the author was aware that school reports to parents are common in all schools. The fact that each school has its own peculiar problems that must be worked out by the individual school district and local school was emphasized by surveys and experiments that have been carried on in several areas. Notable among these are: at the elementary training school at the University of Wyoming; the study made by teachers at Vancouver, Washington; a study made by a group of graduate students at Laramie, Wyoming; and another at Boulder, Colorado. These studies and many others throughout the United States reveal the facts that all schools have similar problems to solve in reporting pupil's progress to parents.

It is evident that there is a general dissatisfaction among teachers and parents with the method of reporting pupil's progress, and from the many workable plans that have been presented after several years of experimentation there is no one solution to the problem. This problem is of such a nature that it needs constant study and occasional revision of methods of reporting to meet changing conditions and current educational philosophy.

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