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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I am the PP with the second-grader who does a lot more writing in class, compared to the older child with the BCRs. My second-grader's writing assignments all get written feedback, both on the piece of writing itself, and on a sheet with a scoring rubric.[/quote]

No feedback at all from our second grade and there wasn't any in first grade either. The rubrics must be considered classified information at our school. At our school, the teachers keep the writing work that supposedly goes toward the grade and you have to schedule a meeting during the day if you want to see their writing. Its a very small amount and hardly anything goes home. Perhaps, they write in invisible ink at our school and store it in a special safe not accessible during conference  OR perhaps they just aren't doing it! As parents, we are expected to just accept that if our child is getting a P on the grade card that our child is doing great in writing.

With the old BCRs and more writing homework, I saw what my child was doing and if he was doing the bare minimum then I could easily point out for him to include more details, did you really answer the question, can you think of anything else etc. Again, I don't care whether the kids write in the more formulaic style of BCRs or of they switch between different styles. Either is valid, IMO. However, they need feedback and its way to easy for the kids to just do the bare minimum or learn bad habits in writing below their abilities. I see my younger child just skating by very easily and not practicing writing at all. [/quote]

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