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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My fifth grader's report card came back and every child received all 2's in the Language Arts section.  The rest of the report card is mostly 4's as usual.  We just received a group email from the teacher, probably because all the parents are hitting her inbox.

[quote]The district has provided guidance on how Language Arts grades should be reported this year. Since we will be teaching and reinforcing these learning standards throughout the entire year, students are not expected to demonstrate full mastery by the end of the first quarter. As a result, all students will receive a score of "2" for this first quarter. This approach is designed to allow students to show continued growth as the year progresses. [/quote]

Talk about lazy and useless grading.  How is this acceptable?  Any other teachers / schools doing this or is it our teacher's own misguided take on (or stupid protest of) the new Language Arts curriculum?  How can giving children "bad" grades who have always been good students help them to want to learn?

Yes, I realize these elementary school number grades don't matter in the long run.  But I don't think telling my child, "don't worry, grades don't matter" is a good message either.[/quote]

Teacher here. I did not give all 2’s to everyone. Did some kids get 2s? Yes. Most ended up getting 3s. A couple of 4’s. [/quote]

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