Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. (context education English) A document, on cardboard or plain paper, stating which grades a student earned, at the end of a term of regular period.
WordNet
n. a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment; "his father signed his report card" [syn: report]
Wikipedia
A report card, or just report in British English, communicates a student's performance academically. In most places, the report card is issued by the school to the student or the student's parents twice to four times yearly. A typical report card uses a grading scale to determine the quality of a student's school work. Throughout North America, the grading scale consists of grades scored in classes taken by the student.
Report cards are now frequently issued in automated form by computers and may be mailed to parents and students. Traditional school report cards contained a section for teachers to record individual comments about the student's work and behavior. Some automated card systems provide for teachers' including such comments, but others limit the report card to grades only.
The term "Report card" is used to describe any systematic listing and evaluation of something for information. For example, many states in the United States have their education departments issue report cards on schools' performance. Political advocacy groups will often issue "report cards" on legislators, "grading" them based on their stances on issues.
Report Card is a Pakistani television evening talk show broadcasting on Geo News every Monday to Friday. The show is hosted by Ayesha Bakhsh
Usage examples of "report card".
Hunt's whole life, from his birth certificate and first grade report card to his medical history and security clearance reports when he first worked for the feds.
Some kind of tote board was involved, listing good and bad acts: a transcendent report card such as one finds employed in the teaching and grading of elementary school children.
She had looked like this at fourteen, bringing him a bad report card.
Some kind of tote board was involved listing good and bad acts: a transcendent report card, such as one finds employed in the teaching and grading of children.
All in all, it was about what a fourth-grader might feel on bringing home a particularly good report card to doubtful parents.
But here the marks were often recorded in human blood, not on a report card.