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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think that the grade is based on what your child can complete independently. If they needed a little support to get it correct, that is a B in standards based grading. If your child needed extensive support and was unable to complete the work at all, than a D is appropriate. I actually prefer that to just giving A’s even when the teacher is almost spoon feeding the answers (that happens a lot with one of my kids with an IEP).[/quote]

I get this and I see your point.  The other thing is that this school offers free tutoring.  The teacher says she is doing fine and doesn't need tutoring.  She brought home 4 Ds this week.  That is doing fine??  I've also asked about an IEP and crickets.  Do you know who I talk to at the school about having her evaluated?[/quote]

Does your child have a disability?  That is your first hurdle. You can either ask the school to evaluate or you can get private evaluations. The SN board has a lot of parents who have been through the process. Some have had an easy time and some have not. I have two kids with SN and I have a mixed experience - for one I was able to get everything and for the other I had to work a bit at making services happen.

So, PP is right that the first step is to talk to the counselor. But if you don’t already have a disability diagnosis it might be more prudent to pursue that first.

As for the grade, a D makes sense if she required a lot of help. As for not needing tutoring you might want to ask the teacher about the apparent inconsistency between her performance and the opinion that tutoring is not necessary. [/quote]

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