P's and I's?

[Anonymous]

Both my kids (early elementary) had a mix of P's and I's on their report cards (mostly P's with 2 to 4 I's). Both are also at least a grade level higher in reading (but received an I in one of the reading categories). I recognize that they aren't brilliant, but they are definitely no dummies. But it seems like (at least from other threads) most kids get all P's and that's more the norm. One of my kids has ADHD, so I know that's part of the issue, at least in the algebraic thinking math category. P-T conferences went well, and no problems were reported, and in fact, my non-ADHD child was reported as doing extremely well all-around.

How typical is it to get multiple I's?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Both my kids (early elementary) had a mix of P's and I's on their report cards (mostly P's with 2 to 4 I's). Both are also at least a grade level higher in reading (but received an I in one of the reading categories). I recognize that they aren't brilliant, but they are definitely no dummies. But it seems like (at least from other threads) most kids get all P's and that's more the norm. One of my kids has ADHD, so I know that's part of the issue, at least in the algebraic thinking math category. P-T conferences went well, and no problems were reported, and in fact, my non-ADHD child was reported as doing extremely well all-around.

How typical is it to get multiple I's?

It is certainly very common to read on DCUM that everybody gets all Ps. I have no idea what information (if any) the posters are basing this on. I trust my children's teachers more than anonymous posters on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Not sure either. I am trying to figure out all these ES thigns are, is that good? tha tis all my kids got. I miss the old ones

[Anonymous]

My 5th grader had two Is, and I asked his teacher to estimate how many students had an I in at least one subunit in the writing block, which includes 5 or. 6 subunits . Her off the cuff estimate was 80 percent . I took that to mean that getting an I was not that surprising or unusual.

[Anonymous]

My early elem kid has 1/3 Is on report card. We are new to MoCo so I'm not sweating it.

[Anonymous]

OP, if you get a conference, you can ask whether your child seems to be keeping up with the rest of the class in general, or whether there are any areas where your child is an outlier, and you could help work on.

[Anonymous]

We got all Ps and 3 Is in first grade. I am guessing I don't need to be worried. We got two Is in writing and 1 in algebraic expressions. I was just wondering how common it is. She is in level 12 reading. Everyone's kid on these boards seems to be a super reader. We're kind of overly educated parents (both fed lawyers) and she wasn't reading very well at the end of Kindergarten. It's clicked in 1st grade. She's reading with such expression and enthusiasm now. We still have to have our parent teacher conference. Just curious. We are in the BCC cluster so there are a lot of smart kids I guess;

[Anonymous]

The only upside to the new report card (which I actually despise) is that the grades don't seem to hold a lot of meaning. So, I figure stressing over the lack of ESs or number of Is is pointless.

[Anonymous]

it is a totally meaningless report. I wouldn't worry about it.

[Anonymous]

I think it is pretty common to get a few Is. I would worry about an N but not an I.

This is kind of one upside for me also with the new report card. I am not so worried about the grades but instead where my kid is academically.

FWIW my kid had a few Is last year but scores extremely high (99%) on all assessments and passed the JHU CTY test for math. Yes he even got an I once in math last year. We've never seen an ES on the report card in anything other than PE and music.

[Anonymous]

We are at an all P school. No way my kid with learning disabilities is performing the same in all subjects or even the same as other kids with all Ps.

We are near a ES boundary line so many of the kids' friends from activity are at a different elementary school. I am hearing that kids who got all Ps last year are now starting to get Is there but the teachers can't explain why its an I. There is one teacher who gives prolific ES grades and several who announce they never give ES grades.

Its a big clusterf***.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are at an all P school. No way my kid with learning disabilities is performing the same in all subjects or even the same as other kids with all Ps.

We are near a ES boundary line so many of the kids' friends from activity are at a different elementary school. I am hearing that kids who got all Ps last year are now starting to get Is there but the teachers can't explain why its an I. There is one teacher who gives prolific ES grades and several who announce they never give ES grades.

Its a big clusterf***.

How do you know that everyone at your kid's school is getting all Ps?

[Anonymous]

My HGC (4th) got all P, 2 ES, 1 I (in PE)

What does it mean? Whatever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My HGC (4th) got all P, 2 ES, 1 I (in PE)

What does it mean? Whatever.

If they got 2 ES and 1 I, how did they get all P?

[Anonymous]

Don't worry too much about it, because
1. it's elementary school and as such, grades are not very important,
2. the grading is not consistent across teachers and schools, so you cannot easily compare your children's reports with others'.

My 3rd-grader (with ADHD) received mostly Ps and a few Is, like ALWAYS.
I am not worried at all.