In the fall of the 2017-18 school year the Phoenixville Area School District established a committee of teachers and parents to revise the elementary report card. Through an examination of national research, best practice and a review of report cards across the county and state, the committee made recommendations to improve the existing standards-based report card. Our teachers routinely use standards to more accurately report how students are progressing. The Pennsylvania Department of Education mandates a standards-based educational system. The standards establish the learning targets for all students. All classroom instruction and assessments are aligned to the standards. Thus, our report card system is aligned to those same standards.