We are excited to continue utilizing SES SmartScore as our standards-based reporting platform for grades K-8. We believe that this platform will improve our teachers' ability to provide specific and timely standards-based feedback to students, assess students objectively against targeted standards, and communicate with families routinely about students' progress throughout the year.

In response to feedback we have received from teachers and families, we have some exciting updates to share about SmartScore for the 2026-2027 school year:

• The rubrics in SmartScore now have 4 development levels, allowing teachers to provide even more specific feedback about student's progress toward meeting the standards.

• The skills measured in SmartScore are now limited to the essential standards that have been identified by the Vermont Agency of Education and local supervisory union. We hope that narrowing the focus of the report card to these essential standards will make it easier to read, understand, and use as a guide for supporting students at home.

• You can still log into your student's SmartScore account at any time to see the assignments they have been completing in their courses and the feedback they have received from teachers (and from their own self-assessment). However, the report card will now also have a QR code attached to it that will allow you to easily scan and access their account using the newly updated SmartScore mobile view.

Our preschool programs will continue to use TS Gold as their assessment and reporting tool, and Lake Region Union High School will continue to use PowerTeacherPRO, which they have been using.

Please review the overview below to learn more about SES SmartScore, including how to login to the SmartScore Family website to get up-to-date information about your student's growth and progress, and how to navigate the SmartScore report card.

Please review the resources below to guide you through the process of reading and understanding the SmartScore report card.

Parents/Guardians: Watch the walkthrough videos above for information on how to login and use the SmartScore Family website to get information about your student's progress. You can view the "report card" with updated information at any time, and you can also see feedback on individual assignments for each of your student's classes!

General Guidelines for Assessing Students' Learning

Please review these guidelines for formative and summative assessment of students' progress that teachers use in their classrooms.

SES QUICK GUIDE & INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS

• Access the SmartScore Quick Guide.

• Access tutorial videos.