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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Grades in DCPS ES are generally not very helpful unless your kid is really struggling in something. Just go meet with the teacher- its afar more helpful.[/quote]

I'd take DCPS ES grades with a grain of salt, or a bag of salt.  I'd also think twice about what teachers are telling you post Covid.

Our kid got all 4s in 3rd and 4th grade math at a DCPS ES where 5% of the students are at-risk.  Same with ELA.

When we took our kid to our local Mathnasium for an assessment at the start of 5th grade we were told and shown, that she hadn't learned 4th grade math, along with some 3rd grade concepts. She's had intensive math tutoring to catch up for the entire school year.  She's not only caught up now, she's ahead.

We've also hired a retired parochial school ELA teacher to tutor for ELA weekly this school year.  The tutor showed us that our kid hadn't been taught to write grammatically or spell and punctuate anywhere near grade level.  The tutor is expensive but worth every penny.  We're done with DCPS as of June.[/quote]

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