Reply to First grade report cards

Forum Index » DC Public and Public Charter Schools

Reply to "First grade report cards"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The 1-4 system is a mastery-based grading system, not curve based. So in theory everyone might start the year at a 1, move up to 2, then 3, as they all gain skills. (In my experience some specials teachers do this pretty nakedly.) A kid with all 4s at the beginning of the year would be way ahead of the class. All 1s and 2s by the end of the year, they’re not learning everything they need to. 3s and a few 4s means your kid is on track or better. It’s an inexact system not meant to convey how your kid is doing relative to others. For that you have to wait for 6th grade, when DCPS switches over to the more familiar A-F letter grades, or look to the regular standardized assessments your kid will start taking over the next few years. [/quote]

I work in a DCPS and this is not how we use the 1-4 system at my school.  First of all, we never give 1's.  2's are pretty rare and mean your child is well below grade level.  3 is grade level, 4 is above.  In the beginning of the year everyone is basically a 3 unless they come in well below.  For example, we hope a child comes in reading at a D, but sometimes we get A and pre A (doesn't know all letters and sounds) and that would be a 2.  By the end of the year we hope a kid gets to J, so that is a 3.  2 levels below that gets you a 2.

[/quote]

What grade?[/quote]

First[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics