Systematic analysis of students’ performance on assessment tasks can help identify
areas of the curriculum that need improvement. This enlightens teaching and eventually
benefits students’ learning. When reporting students’ results, teachers can consider
using the form of a qualitative profile rather than a single score or other quantification.
The qualitative profile includes relevant data about effort, attitude, personality and
achievement etc. The advantage is that the focus of the information being reported is
the student, his or her level of achievement, the effort being shown, and the
characteristics of the student as a learner, characteristics that may be aiding or impeding
the student in his or her learning. By focusing the information thus, it is possible to
reduce comparisons between students by parents, and give teachers a better opportunity
to communicate with parents those essential matters regarding their student and his or
her learning.