Reply to Yay! Straight P's!

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "Yay! Straight P's!"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's the thing- not every child gets all P's.  Just like not all kids got straight A's.  By saying such a flippant comment, you are bragging about your child.  Both of my children are advanced and strong students and neither have gotten straight P's.  Talking to many other parents has led me to believe this is true for their children too.  This is fine.  The report card shows what areas they are not proficient in yet.  I do wonder if some schools grade harder than others?[/quote]

I highly doubt that is true.  If your kids are 'advanced' and 'strong' students, that means they are 'Proficient'.  If they are not getting straight Ps, then there are not 'advanced'.  It doesn't mean that they are 'poor' students.  Just that they still have work to do to get where MCPS wants them to be.[/quote]

We were told at our son's Parent Teacher conference in November that the whole fourth grade team decided to not give any ES grades in the first marking period. He actually received two I's on that first report card. His teacher explained that our son received I's in these areas (Writing:Narrative and Writing: Process, Production and Research) because it was the teacher's belief that he was capable of improving, despite the fact that he was doing "proficient" work in these two areas. So even though I understand and agree with the teacher, since it is in essence making my son compete with himself v. other students, I don't think that is how the grading is intended to be implemented.

It is amazing how the county has been able to accomplish implementing a  grading system that is simultaneously rigid and vague. At least with the old report cards there was a comment section where teachers could let you know your child's strengths and weaknesses. Honestly, I think not only are some schools grading harder, so are some teachers. This grading system is not helpful at all. I really hope that by middle school they are using something that is more concrete. God help us all if this nonsense continues into high school.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics