report card

noun

1
: a report on a student that is periodically submitted by a school to the student's parents or guardian
2
: an evaluation of performance

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Three-quarters of respondents felt similarly about ADL’s antisemitism report card. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Stephen Henriques, TIME, 19 Feb. 2025 More than a dozen of the species on the report card can be found at the Long Beach aquarium. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025 The report card does not provide causes for the declines in scores. — Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2025 Low math and English scores mark the nation’s report card, California and L.A. included. — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for report card

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1869, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of report card was in 1869

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report card

noun
: a report containing a student's grades that is regularly sent by a school to the student's parents or guardian

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