In the Czech Republic, children receive grades, verbal evaluation or a combination of the two to evaluate their progress in each class. There is a 5-point grading system from 1 to 5, 1 being the best grade and 5 the worst one.
During school year, parents learn about their children’s grades from a report book, an electronic report book or from another electronic system. When parents come to school, they can learn how to login online in order to regularly follow their children’s school results and learn about any changes to the school schedule etc.
Children receive a report card twice per school year — at the end of each semester (at the end of the first semester = at the end of January, at the end of the second semester = at the end of June). It includes grades from obligatory and optional classes, evaluation of the child’s behavior, and an overall result from the whole semester.
Children with a different native language who need language support are entitled to a modified grading system. The level of language proficiency of children with a different native language is considered to be an important aspect of primary school attendance that has great impact on the child’s school results. That is why the school should evaluate the child in accordance to their current language competences (decree no. 48/2005, § 15, par. 6). It is not desirable to compare the child with their classmates — native speakers or other children with a different native language who have been living in the Czech Republic for a longer period of time. Instead the school should apply an individualistic approach and evaluates progress of each child individually.
