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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For emerging skills it's strange that kids are being graded for skills they aren't supposed to have mastered yet. Under traditional grading students are only assessed based on what they're supposed to know at that point in the year--they test Q1 expectations in Q1.  It's really strange to get a Q1 report card based on end of year expectations.

I think that's going to make lots of parents uncomfortable.[/quote]

Last year's report cards only had specific sub-standards that were supposed to be covered that quarter. After that you didn't see that sub-standard again, even if the kid was marked as Developing. I do think it's an improvement from last year to show how the kid is progressing on the overall standards they are supposed to meet by the end of the year instead of very specific sub-standards. Would I prefer an ABC type grading scale? Maybe... but for elementary those are mostly vibes based anyway. [/quote]
Totally agree that this year is an improvement.  The standards that seem strange are the ones that say things like "Spells grade level words correctly.".  It seems like that should be measured each quarter based on the expectations for that quarter instead of the end of year goal.[/quote]

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