# How do I generate a PDF report for a family? **In short**: The learning report is a three-page PDF, generated from “My students” or from the student’s sheet, in the language of your choice. The platform sends no email: you download the PDF and hand it to the family yourself. **Who this is for**: Teachers who want to hand a student’s report to a family, or keep a test’s answers for themselves. **What you need first**: - A student in one of your classes. - For the two detailed reports, a test the student has completed. ## The steps 1. In the sidebar, open “Home”, then the “My students” tab. 2. On the student’s row, click the three dots to open the menu “Actions for” followed by their name. 3. In the “Documents” section, click “Learning report (PDF)”. 4. In the “Generate the learning report” window, write a comment for the parents if you wish. It can be up to 1,500 characters long. 5. Check the language under “Document language” and change it if needed. 6. Click “Generate the PDF”. The browser downloads the file and the window closes. 7. Hand the file to the family in the school’s usual way. You can also start from the student’s sheet. Its “PDF” entry, in the sidebar, opens the “PDF documents” panel, where “Generate the learning report” opens the same window. [Video: Generating a student’s learning report: comment, document language, then a click on Generate the PDF](https://www.testfle.com/medias/aide/en/professeurs/remettre-un-bilan-pdf-a-une-famille-parcours.mp4?v=c65a77b1e5) From the My students tab, the Generate the learning report window opens, a short comment is typed, the document language changes from Français to English, then the PDF is generated. ## The three documents - **“Learning report (PDF)”.** Three pages for the family, with your optional comment. Its entry is not greyed out for a student with no completed test: the screen only greys out the two detailed reports. You choose the language each time you generate it. - **“Detailed report, for me”.** The last completed test, question by question, with how the session went. It is a working tool. - **“Detailed report, to hand over”.** The same content, without how the session went or the internal notes. This is the version that can go to the family. Both detailed reports download in one click, with no window: they are in the language of your teacher area. For a student with no completed test, they are greyed out. The student’s menu then says “No completed test”, and the “PDF documents” panel shows “No completed attempt available.” in place of the “for me” report and no longer offers the “to hand over” report. ![PDF documents panel of a student’s sheet with the three documents on offer](https://www.testfle.com/medias/aide/en/professeurs/remettre-un-bilan-pdf-a-une-famille-panneau-1440.webp?v=6850a75454) --- ## Understanding the PDF reports ### What does the learning report contain? The learning report runs to three pages and covers the student’s last completed test. The first page gives the student’s identity, the global level, the radar and the test sheet. The second details the seven skills, the leads for the classroom and, if there is one, your comment. The third explains how to read the report. If the student has taken at least two tests, the second page also shows their progress. Each page is described in detail in the article for families, [How do I read the learning report given by the teacher?](https://www.testfle.com/en/help/families-students/reading-the-pdf-report). ![First page of the learning report of a student from the demo](https://www.testfle.com/medias/aide/en/professeurs/remettre-un-bilan-pdf-a-une-famille-page-1240.webp?v=c3baca2c8f) ### Which language does the learning report use? The window first suggests the language of the student’s account; failing that, the school’s; failing that, French. You can change it to “Français”, “English”, “中文” or “Español”. The choice is not remembered: the window starts again from the student’s language each time it opens, and the “Generate the PDF” button repeats the language selected. A report is written in a single language. For a family that reads a language other than the one on the student’s account, choose it here, before you generate. ### What happens to the comment? The comment is optional and limited to 1,500 characters. The window says so under the text box: it will appear in the report under the title “Your teacher’s comment”, followed by the teacher’s name. In the PDF in English, it is printed on the second page, in a box titled “Your teacher’s comment,” followed by your name. If you write nothing, the box does not exist. The comment is not saved: the window starts empty each time it opens. If you generate the report a second time, for example in another language, write it again. ### Detailed report: “for me” or “to hand over”? Both versions cover the last completed test. They give the level and the radar, then the answers skill by skill. For each question, they show the student’s answer and the expected answer. They end with an appendix, “The seven skills measured”. The “for me” version adds a box, “How the session went”, which counts the page exits and the calls to the teacher. It also keeps the internal notes: how the no-reading form was decided, the stop at the mode’s cap, the end decided by a teacher or by the end time, the page exits. The “to hand over” version removes them. The notes that help to read the result, such as the cautious stop or the contrasting profile, stay in both. Choose “for me” to understand how the test went, for example if a student left the page several times. Choose “to hand over” when the document leaves the school. ### Why does the platform send nothing? TestFLE only produces the file: no email and no message goes to the parents. You decide who receives the PDF and by which channel. The student cannot generate this report from their own area. ### If the PDF does not arrive - If the learning report fails, the window stays open and shows “Could not generate the parent report. Please try again.” Your comment is kept for as long as the window stays open. - If a detailed report fails, the screen shows “Could not download the student answers PDF. Please try again.” - If the question bank for this test has been deleted, the detailed report no longer exists. The screen then says: “Question bank deleted, answers unavailable: this test’s question-by-question detail was deleted with its bank; the level and score remain available.” > **Good to know**: The detailed reports follow the language of your area, with no question asked. To get one in another language, change the interface language first; [Profile, password and language](https://www.testfle.com/en/help/teachers/profile-password-and-language) explains how. ## Related articles - [How do I read a student’s report (level, radar, leads)?](https://www.testfle.com/en/help/teachers/how-to-read-a-student-report): You read a student’s report in the “CEFR results” tab of their sheet, opened from “My students”. It gives the global level as a band, the radar of the seven skills (“measured”, “indicative” or “not assessed”) and leads to check in class. - [What will I find in a student’s sheet?](https://www.testfle.com/en/help/teachers/open-a-student-sheet): A student’s sheet brings together their identity, their test access and their results in four tabs, two of which depend on the Practice option. Click the student’s row in “My students”, or choose “Open the student’s sheet” in their menu. - [How do I read the learning report given by the teacher?](https://www.testfle.com/en/help/families-students/reading-the-pdf-report): The learning report is a three-page PDF that the teacher or the school office produces after a test, then gives to you. It gives the level, the radar, the seven skills and some leads. - [How do I change my password or the screen language?](https://www.testfle.com/en/help/teachers/profile-password-and-language): A teacher changes their password in the “Profile” window of the sidebar: at least 12 characters, without your username or your email address. You choose the screen language with the four flags in the footer. --- Written by the TestFLE team. Updated 13 November 2026. https://www.testfle.com/en/help/teachers/hand-a-pdf-report-to-a-family