Do you edit your kid’s work?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was surprised at how lackluster the English language instruction was at my son's middle school was, but I just knew it'd kick into high gear in high school, particularly since he was taking AP classes.

But nope, he got A's, even though when I downloaded his assignments from Canvas, I was less than impressed by the "A" papers. They also had no feedback on them. Reality really hit though when he took the AP exam and completely bombed it despite getting A's and B's in the class.

MCPS's grade inflation does not do the kids any favors. I hate it.

Plus a billion!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The grading in MCPS is hit or miss. I have a middle schooler with an IEP and we have had teachers that don't even appear to read written responses for assignments and quizzes but give an A if the work is done. I know this because after looking at the response it does not even answer the question. This is a disservice to our kid because we really need to know where the gaps are so we can work at home to help understand the content. Every once in a while, we get a teacher who appears to actually grade the work and provide feedback.

Get rid of the completion (practice/prep) category.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The grading in MCPS is hit or miss. I have a middle schooler with an IEP and we have had teachers that don't even appear to read written responses for assignments and quizzes but give an A if the work is done. I know this because after looking at the response it does not even answer the question. This is a disservice to our kid because we really need to know where the gaps are so we can work at home to help understand the content. Every once in a while, we get a teacher who appears to actually grade the work and provide feedback.

Get rid of the completion (practice/prep) category.

Unfortunately, that’s all teachers have time to grade. Comments and meaningful feedback take time teachers don’t have.

If we want stronger writing instruction, a high school English teacher should have far fewer than the 150 students they have now. They also need time at work to grade these papers.

[Anonymous]

Private schools are better at this. They still teach cursive as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The grading in MCPS is hit or miss. I have a middle schooler with an IEP and we have had teachers that don't even appear to read written responses for assignments and quizzes but give an A if the work is done. I know this because after looking at the response it does not even answer the question. This is a disservice to our kid because we really need to know where the gaps are so we can work at home to help understand the content. Every once in a while, we get a teacher who appears to actually grade the work and provide feedback.

Get rid of the completion (practice/prep) category.

No

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was surprised at how lackluster the English language instruction was at my son's middle school was, but I just knew it'd kick into high gear in high school, particularly since he was taking AP classes.

But nope, he got A's, even though when I downloaded his assignments from Canvas, I was less than impressed by the "A" papers. They also had no feedback on them. Reality really hit though when he took the AP exam and completely bombed it despite getting A's and B's in the class.

MCPS's grade inflation does not do the kids any favors. I hate it.

I guess you could sign up for harder classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Private schools are better at this. They still teach cursive as well.

That's a waste of time and money about as dumb as spending money on textbooks these days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was surprised at how lackluster the English language instruction was at my son's middle school was, but I just knew it'd kick into high gear in high school, particularly since he was taking AP classes.

But nope, he got A's, even though when I downloaded his assignments from Canvas, I was less than impressed by the "A" papers. They also had no feedback on them. Reality really hit though when he took the AP exam and completely bombed it despite getting A's and B's in the class.

MCPS's grade inflation does not do the kids any favors. I hate it.

I guess you could sign up for harder classes.

He was in AP Lang. That was supposed to be the harder class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Private schools are better at this. They still teach cursive as well.

We have friends at different privates and no one teaches cursive and they are not all better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The grading in MCPS is hit or miss. I have a middle schooler with an IEP and we have had teachers that don't even appear to read written responses for assignments and quizzes but give an A if the work is done. I know this because after looking at the response it does not even answer the question. This is a disservice to our kid because we really need to know where the gaps are so we can work at home to help understand the content. Every once in a while, we get a teacher who appears to actually grade the work and provide feedback.

Get rid of the completion (practice/prep) category.

Unfortunately, that’s all teachers have time to grade. Comments and meaningful feedback take time teachers don’t have.

If we want stronger writing instruction, a high school English teacher should have far fewer than the 150 students they have now. They also need time at work to grade these papers.

Or they need some assistance like an Assistant Teacher, Student Teacher, Grad Student. Similar to what occurs in University.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Private schools are better at this. They still teach cursive as well.

Weak back-door recruiting effort. No wonder y'all are behind on your quotas!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was surprised at how lackluster the English language instruction was at my son's middle school was, but I just knew it'd kick into high gear in high school, particularly since he was taking AP classes.

But nope, he got A's, even though when I downloaded his assignments from Canvas, I was less than impressed by the "A" papers. They also had no feedback on them. Reality really hit though when he took the AP exam and completely bombed it despite getting A's and B's in the class.

MCPS's grade inflation does not do the kids any favors. I hate it.

I guess you could sign up for harder classes.

He was in AP Lang. That was supposed to be the harder class.

When they get a 5 on the AP exam, you might finally accept that your kid is doing fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Private schools are better at this. They still teach cursive as well.

Weak back-door recruiting effort. No wonder y'all are behind on your quotas!

I know, especially since any school teaching cursive is backward-looking. They should be teaching keyboarding and how to write effective AI prompts.

[Anonymous]

This! Found my second grader with all 100% grades in the grade book wasn’t even answering the question on topic but was being given A+ grades in writing. We rewrite any subpar work and I informed the teacher that I’m not interested in all As but that that I’m interested in accurate, grade level writing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This! Found my second grader with all 100% grades in the grade book wasn’t even answering the question on topic but was being given A+ grades in writing. We rewrite any subpar work and I informed the teacher that I’m not interested in all As but that that I’m interested in accurate, grade level writing.

How do you know what grade-level writing is?