New 2.0 Report Cards - really??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: I don't understand how you go from a P to an I. In the same subject-from one quarter to the next.

What's confusing to me is the overall goal is a P by the end of the year but not every topic is graded every quarter. Also, if my kid is getting I's for in-progress to meeting grade standards and I shouldn't be alarmed it isn't a P yet during the 2nd quarter, at what point is in-progress become a problem because it isn't proficient? If I don't know till the end of the year, that really isn't helping. What if my kid missed some fundamental thing like not being proficient with vocabulary? Do I see in quarter 4 that my child is in-progress meaning that she did not meet grade level for vocabulary and by that point what can anyone do about it?

Not every topic is graded every quarter because that topic hasn't been introduced or its known that most kids are not ready to be evaluated as the haven't mastered some foundational skill.

If it was graded and everyone got n's an I's it would cause an uproar

[Anonymous]

Could we get back to the point that these report cards basically do not provide any meaningful information for parents.

In the absence of unit tests and report cards that have any kind of objective measures of achievement or progress, aren't we left with the subjective assessments of teachers and principals.

Why do we want an educational system that evaluates our children on these types of subjective measures? Makes no sense. Seems to me that MCPS is setting itself up for lots of future litigation as well - subjective standards create uncertainty which can lead to lawsuit.

[Anonymous]

My kid is entering K this fall so this is interesting and confusing to me. If the report cards are confusing, can you gage your child's progress through their homework assignments and/or parent teacher conferences?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Could we get back to the point that these report cards basically do not provide any meaningful information for parents.

In the absence of unit tests and report cards that have any kind of objective measures of achievement or progress, aren't we left with the subjective assessments of teachers and principals.

Why do we want an educational system that evaluates our children on these types of subjective measures? Makes no sense. Seems to me that MCPS is setting itself up for lots of future litigation as well - subjective standards create uncertainty which can lead to lawsuit.

My daughter brought home various quizzes or tests that say things at the top like, "measurement and data, grade 2 marking period 2, task 2". And she has a grade on those tests. They are not the big unit tests we saw last year, and there appear to be several of them per marking period. But it is an objective test. Her math grade wasn't pulled out of thin air.

[Anonymous]

The grades aren't pulled out of the air, but the school can't really show objectively how well these kids are doing in specific areas.

I say this as a parent of a kid who has gotten all ES's in math. Knowing that he is repeating the same math he did last year (!) means that, for him, those ES's are essentially meaningless. I would rather see P's and also see a breakdown of what NEW concepts he's learning this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I'm thinking of going onto cafe press and selling t shirts that say 2.0 super sucks.

I'd buy it!!

(and I'd wear it too)

[Anonymous]

Awful. I seriously cannot understand how anyone thought 2.0 was a good idea. Husband would really like to move out of state for a better job. I refused because of MCPS. Now I feel like a fool and he is trying to get another job out of state. Love it here but private is out of reach with cost of housing here so we sadly have to move now. Our son's teacher complains about 2.0 all the time and so do patents. It is all very sad. At some point I think 2.0 will affect housing prices. People won't flick to mcps like they used to and many will now have to pay for private school. What a mess! We all should write to Starr!

[Anonymous]

Some of us have been writing to Starr, complaining to the teachers (who all seem to agree!!) and meeting with the principal. Parents who care all need to do this so that we can change this system.