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. Report cards are issued three times during the school year. 

1st Marking Period

September 1, 2026 through December 4, 2026

Parent Conferences: November/December

Report cards issued: December 11, 2026

2nd Marking Period 

December 7, 2026 through March 12, 2027

Report cards issued: March 19, 2027

3rd Marking Period 

March 15, 2027 through June 16, 2027

Report cards issued: June 16, 2027

Rubrics (Benchmarks) for the Standards-Based Report Cards