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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]7:02, I agree with you!  My issue is that my child - 4th grade- has figured out (or has been told, not sure which) that all kids in his class will get a P or an I.   He notices that if he gets all the math problems correct, he gets a P AND that his friend who gets 5 problems wrong ALSO gets a P.  Yes, we've explained that getting the problems correct and understanding the concepts is what matters but, puhleeze, what kind of message does it send to have both results lead to the same letter grade?

At least in math, we can look at the specific questions and know whether he is getting it or not.  I think the reading/writing areas are far murkier.  My kid will write a paragraph and it will come home marked as a P.  That's it.  No comments on it.  No feedback at all from the teacher, just a P at the top.  I don't think that is right.  In order to develop as a writer, you must get feedback.  A P at the top of the page doesn't provide any meaningful feedback.  This is especially true when, as the math example demonstrates, the P can mean anything from mediocre to excellent.[/quote]
I understand your frustration, but  I see this more as a teacher issue.
My 3rd grader gets letter grades AND the teacher writes notes on the work.
Honestly, no matter what the symbols(and all grading systems are symbols) if the teacher is not giving detailed feedback, then it will be difficult for a parent to ascertain a child's progress in any meaningful way.[/quote]

Yes definitely a teacher, and perhaps a schoolwide problem. A child getting 5 answers wrong on a math test absolutely would not get a P at our school. Perhaps not even an I. I am not particularly bothered by the lack of ES at our school because we can see from the work that comes home that getting a P is hard, not easy at our school.[/quote]

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