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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi OP-  Before you kick and scream, you need to prepare.  You need to find out the basis of those 2's and 3's b/c administration will back a teacher without your proof.   I did this for my child in 4th grade when a 1st year teacher was sloppy with the grading.  Marched right in there with a spreadsheet of my child's grades on whatever tests, papers, and assessments I could get my hands on (which was all of them, including all 4's on the state exams).  The principal was forced to override the teacher.  And there was no good explanation for why the teacher demoted her grades from the teacher or the administration.[/quote]

They haven't sent home any graded work, which in retrospect should have been a red flag; even with the tests it sounds like they show them to the kids briefly and then collect them. So I'm unfortunately not in a position to challenge their math based on any material in my possession, though I can - and probably will - demand that they cough up all of his graded work now if they're claiming the grade is based on that.

He remembers getting a so-so grade on one test, but he doesn't remember why, and they don't seem to have raised any issues relating to that test with him, and certainly not with me; also, the grade was not inconsistent with grades he got on tests last year when he still ended up with 4's.

[quote=Anonymous]Also, 4th grade counts more than 5th in your application . . . but a severe drop is problematic.[/quote]

That's good to hear, and suggests that my focus should be on limiting the drop (= fixing the 2's) rather than ending up with all 4's.

[quote=Anonymous]Are these the only 5th grade marks the schools you’re applying to will see? Don’t know nyc public school report card calendar. Seems late in the process. Do schools wait this long to receive them? I’d have thought they’d already have done a first pass through the apps. And you’re right, I’d worry about the rec letter too.[/quote]

Yes, unfortunately. Weirdly enough, the comments on the report card were quite positive, so it's conceivable the recommendation is too and they're just doing something weird with their grading math; at least that's my hope.

[quote=Anonymous]What did your child say about the grades when you asked?[/quote]

He was puzzled, he did not have the sense he was doing any worse than last year. He took particular issue with a few of the subskill grades; for example he feels like percentage-wise he's contributing to class discussions more than his average classmate and yet got a 2 on that.[/quote]

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