Report Cards/Grading

Key for Assessing Academic Benchmarks:

Westfield Public Schools’ grading system for kindergarten through fifth grade students is listed below:


Exceeds Standards = consistently extends key concepts and skills and works beyond stated benchmarks

Achieves Standards = consistently grasps and applies concepts and skills while meeting stated benchmarks 

Progressing Toward Standards = beginning to grasp key concepts and skills and progressing toward stated benchmarks Needs improvement = not yet grasping or applying key concepts and skills and requires constant teacher support

Report Cards 

are issued to all elementary students. Kindergarten report cards are issued three times during the school year. 


1st Marking Period

September 7, 2023 through December 11, 2023

Parent Conferences: November/December

Report cards issued: December 19, 2023



2nd Marking Period 

December 12, 2023 through March 15, 2024

Report cards issued: March 28, 2024



3rd Marking Period 

March 18, 2024 through June 20, 2024

Report cards issued: June 20, 2024

Rubrics (Benchmarks) for the Standards-Based Report Cards