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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
Assessments are not helpful to parents at all.   I want information about how my child does against his/her peers and MCPS does everything it can to hide that information.  I don't want this for bragging rights.  Instead, I want to understand if and where my child needs help.  I have a child that I suspected was behind in reading, but I didn't realize how far behind until we got private testing.  Dropping the Terra Nova test was a mistake.
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I have a Kindergartener and this hasn't been my experience. We had a Parent/Teacher conference that was very informative. I thought that, while confusing at the start, the report cards are more informative than they had been in the past. There are far more categories and assessments. I just consider a "P" to be an "A" and and "I" to be a "B". I like the little charts that have a dot to tell you if your child is on grade level.

I got the report card and it said my daughter is above grade level in reading. I knew she was behind from talking with the teacher. I was relieved to see this. Then I had an IEP meeting with the school to discuss her speech and reading issues. The reading teacher was very clear to say "She is not behind Montgomery County standards. She is behind [our] Elementary School standards". If your child goes to a well-run school, they hopefully will tell you the child needs help. Judging form our experience, I think this poster's school is dropping the ball.[/quote]

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