---
title: "Progress report"
description: "A progress report is a periodic account of a student's recorded activity, the coach's observations where supplied, and the next learning focus, written for the family. It can cover a month, a term or an event. It differs from a class recap, which covers one session, and from an engine game analysis, which covers one game."
canonical: "https://chesscore.io/glossary/progress-report"
author: "Abhishek Tiwari"
datePublished: "2026-07-20"
dateModified: "2026-10-16"
---

Written by Abhishek Tiwari. Drafted with AI, fact-checked and approved by a human before publishing. Editorial standards: https://chesscore.io/editorial

## Progress report

A progress report is a periodic account of a student's recorded activity, the coach's observations where supplied, and the next learning focus, written for the family. It can cover a month, a term or an event. It differs from a class recap, which covers one session, and from an engine game analysis, which covers one game.

## Context

Progress report is the term academy owners and coaches use for the document a family receives once a period, distinct from a class recap after one session and from an engine analysis of a single game. A coach can add one analysed game to a report they prepare by hand as an example. ChessCore's automatic monthly emails work differently: they are built from attendance, game results, ratings and coach notes, with no engine analysis and no AI narrative. AI-written report text is a separate draft that a person approves. The report draws on the same records a guardian portal shows, so the two should never disagree on a number. Academy owners run into the term when setting a batch's reporting cadence, when training a new coach on what the software assembles and what the coach writes, or when comparing platforms on whether reports need an evening of manual writing. For worked parent examples and where every number should come from, read the linked guide. For a blank layout, use the template. For the recurring product, open the feature page.

## Read next

- [The full guide](https://chesscore.io/blog/chess-progress-reports-guide)

## Related terms

- https://chesscore.io/glossary/parent-update
- https://chesscore.io/glossary/guardian-portal
- https://chesscore.io/glossary/rating-sync