Spanish for Educators – Reporting Test Scores in Spanish

In this Spanish for Educators lesson you will learn how report test scores in Spanish to parents and guardians: informar las calificaciones.

Su reto profesional: start using this new vocabulary to talk about the students’ grades with parents and guardians in Spanish and also try to conjugate the verb “cumplir” in as many tenses as you can 🙂

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In this lesson, we will talk about certain questions and topics that come up and you have to know how to speak about during parent-teacher conferences. In this case, we will talk specifically about reporting test scores in Spanish 🙂

¿Cómo se dice “test” en español? / How is Test said in Spanish?

Spanish	English
La prueba de: __________	The test of: __________
Matemáticas, Ciencias, Comprensión	Mathematics, Science, Comprehension
Las pruebas estandarizadas	Standardized Tests
Los exámenes de éxito académico	The academic success Tests
Los exámenes finales	Final exams

Note: There are other ways to say test in Spanish, such as:

• Evaluación
• Parcial (if it is a partial test/exam) 
• Final (if it is a final test/exam) 
• Cuestionario 

Vocabulario clave / Key Vocabulary (Performance & Results)

Let’s talk about overall performance!

Spanish	English
1. Desempeño / Rendimiento general	Overall performance
Desempeño de lectura, matemáticas	Reading / maths performance
2. Niveles de desempeño	Performance levels
3. Rango de resultados	Score range
4. Comparación general de los resultados	Overall Score comparisons
5. Desempeño estatal	State performance
6. Desglose de resultados	Score breakdowns

Desempeño general / General Performance

Spanish	English
Nivel alto, bajo, en el medio	High / Low / Average level
Puntaje de su hijo / hija	Student’s score
La puntuación	Score
La puntuación promedia	Average score
Las calificaciones	Scores
Percentil	Percentile
Porcentaje	Percentage
Nivel de desempeño	Performance level

Desempeñarse / To perform

Notice this is a reflexive verb and it means the subject is doing the action to himself/herself.

Spanish	English
¿Cómo se desempeñó su estudiante en __________ ?	How did your student perform in __________?
Lectura	Reading
Escritura	Writing
La evaluación de matemáticas	The math test
Ciencias	Science
Estudios sociales	Social studies

Niveles de desempeño / Performance Levels

I’m using 5 performance levels but I’m quite sure there are many more.

Spanish	English
5 niveles de desempeño	5 performance levels
Cumplir con las expectativas	To meet to expectations

El verbo cumplir

Cumplir con las expectativas = To meet expectations

Cumplir en el pasado / Cumplir in the past tense

Yo cumplí	Nosotros cumplimos
Tú cumpliste	Vosotros cumplistéis
Él / Ella / Usted cumplió	Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes cumplieron

Cumplir en The Present Progressive

Estar + cumpliendo

Yo estoy cumpliendo	Nosotros estamos cumpliendo
Tú estás cumpliendo	Vosotros estáis cumpliendo
Él / Ella / Usted está cumpliendo	Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes están cumpliendo

Cómo se desempeñó el / la estudiante / How was the student performance?

5 niveles de desempeño / 5 performance levels

1. No cumple con las expectativas: he/she is not meeting expectations
2. Cumplió parcialmente con las expectativas: he/she partially met expectations
3. Se acercó a las expectativas: he/she got close to the expectations
4. Cumplió con las expectativas: he/she met the expectations.
5. Superó con las expectativas: he/she went above the expectations.

Las destrezas académicas / Academic Strengths

Use this information to talk about how the student is doing on his/her tests.

Su hijo(a) / Your child:

Note: For more information to talk about academic strengths in Spanish, please visit this post 😀

Now it’s your turn! / Ahora es tu turno

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