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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's super annoying to receive these report cards as a parent. Like, I my bar was already pretty low for DCPS, but when I get these report cards I just feel kind of depressed that the place I send my kid to school every day doesn't even really know who he is. For example, he got all 4s in ELA, which I know he's okay at but not amazing. Then he got a 3 in music, when he's amazing at music - has been in piano since he was 3 years old, and just has always been very musically gifted. Also, iReady scores didn't seem to show much correlation with report card.[/quote]

Yes, it's this exactly. I'd rather receive nothing at all.

We had a good PT conference where the teacher clearly "got" my kid and his strengths/weaknesses/interests. Without that, this very generic, maybe inaccurate report card would have been kind of alarming.[/quote]

Yeah, same exact feeling about the DCPS report card. Always depressing, even though our PT conferences are great and it's clear that the teacher really does know my kid as an individual and has a very nuanced understanding of how well they are doing in every single subject and sub-category. Somehow it doesn't come through at all via the report card.

my one solace is that our older son is now in middle school (at a charter, but still) and the assessements are SO MUCH more detailed. So, I know better information is coming, i just need to wait a few years. [/quote]

If you have good PT conference experiences and the teacher demonstrates real understanding and interest in your kid, I don't understand why the report card is "disappointing." Because there's not a narrative description by the teacher describing their impressions? If you get this at the conference who cares if it's in the report card?

I think some of you are expecting way too much of what is basically a way for schools and teachers to document whether a child is meeting grade level expectations. That's it. If you need more that's what PT conferences are for and most teachers are happy to provide additional feedback between conferences if you have questions or concerns-- I've only had one teacher in 5 years in DCPS who wasn't responsive to an email with a direct question requesting feedback on my child's academic performance or classroom behavior/experience. And that one teacher was very responsive in PT conferences-- she was just older and I think struggled with email communication. i
If the report card is your only interaction with the teacher, that's on you. [/quote]

This! 100%. Why are you getting so worked up about one means of communicating your child's performance, especially in elementary school? Don't you have bigger fish to fry?![/quote]

The issue is that they're NOT communicating about my child's performance. It's not individualized at all, and some of it doesn't even seem applicable to my kid.

For example, does my child who has been reading fluently for over a year really need to focus more on isolating the individual sounds in CVC words? Based on DIBELS, iReady, conference, and what I know about my child, the answer is "no", but why are they sending out nonsense that makes me have to second guess that?[/quote]

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