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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A different point of view: as a parent I would want to know how my child preforms compared to his classmates. No sugar-coating. No "modified" grades. I want to know what he has achieved, and know that he is on grade level. I want to know how he compares to his classmate. If he gets a C, it's a C. A real C. Now we know. If it's lower than that, we need to know. We make decisions going forward. [/quote]

I have a child with dyslexia. He is in high school. His accommodations are that he is informed of all the books he is going to need to read for the year at the beginning of summer (although occasionally things get changed and he ends up reading a book a teacher decided not to teach, or a teacher decides to teach a book he wasn't informed of), and he gets extra time on tests.

Are his grades "real" ?

When he was younger, he was provided with his assignments so he didn't have to try to write them down quickly in the last 5 seconds of class. He's outgrown needing that accommodation (teacher, professor, you guys should read this. Many kids have accommodations while they're learning how to manage their learning differences. I know it's shocking, but many kids learn to manage their areas of weakness, just like adults do).

Were his grades then "real" ?

If your child gets a concussion, should he be forced to do his work right there and then because that's when it was assigned, or is taking the time to allow him to heal absolutely unacceptable and will render his grades ... what, fake?[/quote]

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