SISparent - frustrations

[Anonymous]

Does anyone else get annoyed that grades aren't kept updated in SIS? All I see in class after class is weeks and weeks worth of work "NOT GRADED." How are you and your DC supposed to know how they are progressing in class in nothing is kept updated?

[Anonymous]

ITA

DD has seven "not graded" items dating back to as early as the beginning of November. Two of them are "Mastery" items worth a total of 35% of the grade.

[Anonymous]

It makes it very hard to parent a kid with executive function issues.

[Anonymous]

It also goes against everything I learned in ed school about using assessments as learning tools.

[Anonymous]

I agree.

My kid has one class where the last recorded grad was November 15.

It will be report card surprise in a few weeks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree.

My kid has one class where the last recorded grad was November 15.

It will be report card surprise in a few weeks

Fortunately we're past it now, but timely grading was critical for us when we were teaching my seriously behind kid to monitor his responsibilities. And I feel bad for kids who thought they understood things that they truly didn't -- makes it hard to learn from your own mistakes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It makes it very hard to parent a kid with executive function issues.

It’s infuriating.

[Anonymous]

The problem is not SISparent. The problem is the teachers are either not grading the work, or not putting it in the system.

One of my DD's teachers would only update at the end of the quarter because she found otherwise she would get questions that she felt was not appropriate (from a parent).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It also goes against everything I learned in ed school about using assessments as learning tools.

This. SIS parent is awful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem is not SISparent. The problem is the teachers are either not grading the work, or not putting it in the system.

One of my DD's teachers would only update at the end of the quarter because she found otherwise she would get questions that she felt was not appropriate (from a parent).

ITA

Some of DS' teachers update SIS at least twice a week. Others (a small number) update twice a quarter. So it varies from teacher to teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem is not SISparent. The problem is the teachers are either not grading the work, or not putting it in the system.

One of my DD's teachers would only update at the end of the quarter because she found otherwise she would get questions that she felt was not appropriate (from a parent).

Yeah, duh, thats what the post is about. Granted teachers are busy as hell and have tons of paperwork to do, the last thing they need is more administrative red tape eating away at their teaching time. There HAS to be a way to keep parents and students better informed and kept abreast of the students progress, or lack thereof.

[Anonymous]

Up front there should be a policy/form that allows parents to dispute a grade that is separate from a child having issues with a class. Teachers shouldn't be afraid to release information because of parent or student complaints that grades are unfair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem is not SISparent. The problem is the teachers are either not grading the work, or not putting it in the system.

One of my DD's teachers would only update at the end of the quarter because she found otherwise she would get questions that she felt was not appropriate (from a parent).

Yeah, duh, thats what the post is about. Granted teachers are busy as hell and have tons of paperwork to do, the last thing they need is more administrative red tape eating away at their teaching time. There HAS to be a way to keep parents and students better informed and kept abreast of the students progress, or lack thereof.

Don't parents and students have the same questions whether they get the grades early or later? I'd think the teacher would get more if they released grades late because then parents would be complaining not only about a grade but about how they weren't notified in time.

[Anonymous]

Our issue is the several standards based classes that just say "n/a" until the teacher pulls a grade out of their ass at the end of the quarter based on whatever mood they happened to be in that day.

[Anonymous]

My kids are still in ES so I haven't had the experience of checking SIS for much. I am wondering, however, when this ability for parents to monitor grades so closely started. In the last 5-10 years? And and what level is information available? Class grade, of course, but also for individual tests, quizzes, and specific assignments?

If more than class grades, and perhaps tests, is it overkill? Maybe I don't see the importance given my kids' ages? Maybe the vast majority of parents aren't monitoring so closely (though this thread seems to indicate otherwise)? I guess I am hoping that students are still primarily responsible for monitoring their own grades and resolving issues that arise, rather than their parents?