No matter the time of year, teachers of all ages need to write student progress comments. Whether you write them quarterly or once each semester, it’s a task that can be quite daunting. It can also be a very time-consuming task if a teacher has over one hundred students to keep track of.

Now, not all teachers may have had to write student comments, but for those who’ve had, they know how difficult it can be to write effective and balanced comments. Sometimes it’s easy to focus on the negatives for some students, and the positives for others. All teachers have their “favorites”, but it’s important to be fair and balanced for ALL STUDENTS when writing comments. Below I will give some tips and examples for what makes effective and ineffective comments.

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