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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Elementary reports cards are useless. If your child is having trouble academically or socially, you'll find out long before the report card comes home. [/quote]

Especially in primary grades.  When I taught first, I hated doing them.  I kept asking my principal if I could just write every parent a letter.  No luck.[/quote]

They take forever (or what seems like forever) to complete.[/quote]

I don't understand why they take so long to complete. There are four numbers to choose from and a set of pre-printed comments to choose from. How much easier can it be to fill them out? 1. Needs intervention. 2. Needs improvement. 3 doing well. 4. Doing very well. You can't tell whether your kids should get a 1-4 on a report card for a task?[/quote]

I did some quick math for my elementary classes.

Life, Work, Citizenship:
12 grades x 30 students= 360

Language Arts:
9 grades x 30= 270 (class one)
9 grades x 26= 234 ( class two)

History/SS
5 grades x 30= 150
5 grades x 26= 130

That's a total of 1,144 grades per quarter and each one has its own little drop down menu. You can push down some of the grades, but that's only helpful if everyone gets NA or NT. That doesn't count searching for comments.

The last quarter, double that number to 2,288 (quarter and final marks).

I don't think it's a quick process, especially if you are looking at notes and grades when completing the PR. I'd be interested in hearing what other teachers think.
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