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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] the report card tells me absolutely nothing about what my student learned this year.[/quote]

So a “B” in “math” tells you more than the 4 different standards your student worked on in quarter 4 separated out and rated for each one of those standards? Just a generic letter “B” tells you more about your student?!
You don’t want to know that
-your kid can do single/multistep word problems with decimals to the thousandths involving all 4 operations 
-they struggled to add/subtract fractions with unlike denominators
-they were able to determine elapsed time over a 24 hour period given a scenario 
-they needed significant help to convert metric measurements between each other for length and volume

Teachers over here working their butts off trying to get multiple grades for each skill to demonstrate meeting/approach/develop and you just want whatever we grade lumped into one big pot and averaged? Instead of knowing exactly what your kid needs more work on?

How does SBG not tell you anything? You just don’t want to understand is what it is.

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No, I don't find the standards based report card helpful at all and am not alone in that feeling.  The format does nothing at all to let me know my child's strengths and weaknesses.  My child "meets" every standard that's listed and they're so general as not to demonstrate learning.  For instance, this quarter my child "Used Oral Language for Different Purposes," "Decoded general multisyllabic words," and "Determined sums and differences using various methods." There's no feedback for whether my child is completing assignments, producing quality and accurate work, participating in class, showing growth, working above grade level in any subject, or receiving additional extension activities. There's also no feedback on classroom behaviors. 
 The only feedback is whether the child "meets"  basic standards based on assessments.

In the traditional format there's a table with skills and behaviors with a score of Outstanding, Satisfactory, Improving and Unsatisfactory for things like class participation, checking work for accuracy, working independently, following instructions, group participation, etc, which show development of these behaviors. This is really helpful to break down what a child needs to work on to succeed.  There are also letters grades that reflect both understanding [i]and effort,[/i] as you have to accurately complete projects, classwork, homework, and writing assignments, in addition to doing well on the assessment to get an A. I also understand that and A demonstrates above grade level work (unlike a "meets") whereas a B is supposed to be on grade level and a C is below grade level.  There's also a separate score for effort (U, I, S or O), which really helps show where the student is engaged and actively participating or struggling.[/quote]

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