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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]By your subject line, I assumed you had a first grader. Is that correct?

My first grader received several ES's and the rest were P's. That gives me a clue as to her strengths. The system is far from perfect - I personally would prefer some actual sentences from the teacher, but if your child is older than kindergarten, and receiving straight P's, then your child is doing well for the grade level, without being exceptionally above grade level.[/quote]

Don't count on the ES grades meaning that your child has strengths. We received a few ES grades that I found odd considering areas where DS was stronger were P grades. His report card seemed to reflect the reverse of his actual academic abilities. The examples that the teacher gave for the ES were not about him being strong in that subject. He just demonstrated knowing something before it was taught. He happened to do a camp in one of those subjects which is why he knew that skill. In the areas with P, she said that he was stronger in those areas but there is no way to get an ES in those subjects.

So basically, the ES and P grades mean nothing other than your child hit the mediocre bar that we set for P. Your child probably entered this year knowing this material, so your child is getting a P for not de-evolving, good job. Your ES is random and doesn't reflect that we taught him anything new or he learned something new. Its our reward to you for getting your child to learn this before we ever presented it so we don't have to do it. [/quote]

So... maybe your teacher doesn't grade properly, but that doesn't mean that other teachers don't grade properly.

I'm not sure why you think you know what my child does and does not know and when she learned it.  Or why you think the ES was "random", just because you think yours is.  Why couldn't her reading fundamentals be ES?  She has read several Harry Potter books by herself, and yes, she can answer comprehension questions on it.  She gets pulled out of class for the top reading group.  Also, her artwork clearly stands out among her 80+ peers - other parents comment on it.  And no, she did not enter the year knowing expanded notation.  Her ES's clearly line up with her skills.  I'm sorry your child's teacher hasn't figured out the new system yet.  [/quote]

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