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[quote=Anonymous]We had these report cards in California, and they were [b]TERRIBLE. [/b]

Ours were structured in 2 parts.  Each subject listed a heading with the tradional unsatisfactory/satisfactory/outstanding grading, followed by the second part, the list of testing standards for each core subject.  In the testing standard section, the students received a ranking of 1-4.  This ranking was related to [b] the classes [/b]progress towards the material, [b]NOT the individual student's mastery.[/b]

For example, on the Math section of my son's third grade report card, there was a standard of "memorizes and understands multiplication and division facts through the 10s"  My son received a 2 out of 4 on this skill for first trimester, not because he was at a 50% mastery point personally (he could do these skils since 2nd grade so was at an 90-10% mastery starting 3rd grade) but because the teacher had not yet fully covered the material in class.  So, you might have a student who is performing above or far above grade level and who has already mastered the skills listed, but because the class has not yet covered the material or only been introduced the material they are receiving a report card full of 2s and 3s.

I assume that works on the flip side as well where a student does not comprehend the material, but because the class has covered the testing standards they receive 3s and 4s on their report card.  As I said, this is just an assumption based off how the report card was explained to us by the schools and not based on experience.

The most frustrating part was when you compared the actual California testing scores (which followed the standards on the report card line by line) and a child received perfect scores on the actual test, but a 2 or 3 on the report card standards.  This happened to several students at our school.

I really hope the FCPS is not going to the same standards based report card as we used in Califonia.  It was confusing, inaccurate, frustrating, did not promote student achievement, and none of the parents could understand how it correlated to their kids actual performance. [/quote]

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