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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So kids are being graded in MP1 on what they are expected to gave learned by June and not by the expectation of what they were supposed to learn in MP1?[/quote]

I don't think this is right. It is not motivating and not helpful for parents. Where can we give feedback about this? I think that MP1 grades should be assessed against MP1 goals. I don't think a teacher or principal is the right place...how can I communicate that I don't agree with this new grading. The school board?[/quote]
It is an improvement over what they were doing last year, which was quarter based.  That was completely indecipherable.  I don't like this new system either, but it's an improvement of sorts.[/quote]

I don’t understand how this is better. Can you please elaborate… what was indecipherable?[/quote]
Last year there was no "Exceeds Expectations" so the best a kid could do was get a "Meets".

Each quarter the teacher would pick the substandard that were covered that quarter and give students and "Approaching" or a "Meets Expectations.". But the standards were completely random and obscure so you had no idea what your kid had learned.

For instance, in Q4 my kid in math got a Meets Expectations for:
2.6b determines sums and differences using various methods. [What methods?  Are they proficient?]
2.6c. Created and solves problems using addition and subtraction [What sorts of problems?]
2.16 Identify, transfer, create and extend patterns found in nature, pictures and shapes [Wasn't this what they did in preschool at the pattern table?]

That's it for math.  Science had gems like "Student will understand that plants provide oxygen" and history had "Student will understand that people of the United States made contributions to their communities." Oh, PE had this great one too: "Describe flexibility as important in moving in many directions."  What the heck does that mean?

One problem was that if your kid got an Approaching, that standard never showed up again to tell you if they ultimately learned it.  And if you look at the list of standards that were shared in report cards, they don't add up to what they were supposed to learn that year.  They're just random bits that aren't clear and don't add up to a whole picture. Totally worthless.  This year the report cards should at least be somewhat helpful in Q3 and Q4.  [/quote]

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