2nd Grade 1st Quarter Report Card

[Anonymous]

DC's 2nd grade 1st quarter report card is mostly 3s. They got straight 4s in 1st grade. Seems the 2nd grade teacher is just grading lower so that DC can show some improvement in the upcoming quarters. but now its a bummer since this will hurt AAP chances with otherwise great test scores (148 NNAT, 99 iready Math, 700 VALLS).

[Anonymous]

That will not be as important as what they select for your child’s HOPE score. They will also get the 1st grade full 4s report.

[Anonymous]

If the mix of grades are 3s and 4s, I don't think it will hurt AAP. The HOPE score is the big deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That will not be as important as what they select for your child’s HOPE score. They will also get the 1st grade full 4s report.

My kid had almost all 3s in both kindergarten and 1st grade. Her second grade report card is mostly 4s.

[Anonymous]

It's lazy grading. We had the same experience a few years ago and unsurprisingly, the teacher giving all 3s first quarter, was also phoning it on on the HOPE ratings/packet submission. AAP acceptance rate for DC's class was low compared to the other classes at our school with different teachers. There were a lot of frustrated parents

When packets go to central committee they are considered against other students at the same school (not just their immediate class). So all the committee will see are 3s for your kid and assume the kid with all 4s from another teacher is academically stronger.

Just be sure to put together a great parent referral with excellent work samples that support the scores. If DC doesn't get in, appeal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's lazy grading. We had the same experience a few years ago and unsurprisingly, the teacher giving all 3s first quarter, was also phoning it on on the HOPE ratings/packet submission. AAP acceptance rate for DC's class was low compared to the other classes at our school with different teachers. There were a lot of frustrated parents

When packets go to central committee they are considered against other students at the same school (not just their immediate class). So all the committee will see are 3s for your kid and assume the kid with all 4s from another teacher is academically stronger.

Just be sure to put together a great parent referral with excellent work samples that support the scores. If DC doesn't get in, appeal.

This is exactly why the test scores should matter more, especially if there are several: NNAT, CogAt, iReady, etc. Kids with the teachers who do uniform grading for all shouldn't be penalized, and there is too much weight on the HOPE scores which are subjective. Our packet did also include the final first grade report card, so perhaps that will help since your child had all 4's last year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's lazy grading. We had the same experience a few years ago and unsurprisingly, the teacher giving all 3s first quarter, was also phoning it on on the HOPE ratings/packet submission. AAP acceptance rate for DC's class was low compared to the other classes at our school with different teachers. There were a lot of frustrated parents

When packets go to central committee they are considered against other students at the same school (not just their immediate class). So all the committee will see are 3s for your kid and assume the kid with all 4s from another teacher is academically stronger.

Just be sure to put together a great parent referral with excellent work samples that support the scores. If DC doesn't get in, appeal.

The committee has to know that teachers grade differently and some of them do the annoying "just give everyone 3s so I can look awesome at the end of the year" thing. Also nowhere in any review of AAP's process has anyone ever found grades to be important.

But I second the suggestion to make sure your parent packet is great. Give specific examples on each of the parent questionnaire items. Dig into HOPE and GBRS traits in the referral. Provide 2 work samples showing higher level thinking, not just worksheets.