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I did find out.  I just told you what i was told.  Are you saying the kid should only get an I if not explaining at K level?  Then i agree. But that's not what's happening.[/quote]

OK, so your kindergartener got an I in reading (in text reading and comprehension, I assume) because the kid reads at the third-grade level but can't explain at the third-grade level.

With the pre-2.0 report card, your kid would have gotten an O in "reading". So you would know that your kid was doing Outstanding in reading. Yay! But you wouldn't know what that meant.

The new report card tells you your kid's reading level AND tells you what the kid should be doing in text reading and comprehension that the kid is not yet doing. So the new report card actually tells you more than the previous report card.

So what's the problem? That your kid got an I? In kindergarten?

It's obviously not a major problem, mostly because she doesn't know it.  If she did, it would be a major problem, because she's a kid who gets very upset if she feels like she didn't do a good job.  Which is what an I communicates.  An O would be appropriate.  An I is stupid and unfair.  And, not, the report card did not communicate all that info.  I went and asked to get that info.  The card just said I.  Lazy.

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Another idiot parent, looking for the report card to do all their work.
It is in you to teach your kid that an I is not bad, just an indication of an area that needs work.
Teach your freaking kid that they are not always perfect, but can still fe GOID about themselves.
Teach your kid that the goal is learning, and the report card is is just a report on where they are in reaching that goal.
Sick of folks thinking it is a crime to have to ask the teacher how their kid is doing.
You have always had to have this communication if you wanted a full
And personalized assessment. The report cards are not lazy, some of you parents are.
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OK, you clearly have a rage problem, so I'll treat you gently.  You want to call me an "idiot" because I pointed out a blatantly illogical facet of the grading system.  ohhhhkay.  Then you want to call me lazy, because supposedly I want the report card to do the work for me.  But I just said I did go talk to the teacher.  So, that makes no sense either.   My kid knows quite well that she is not perfect.  (And, I dare you to refer to my "freaking kid" to my face, and I'll show you how we deal with people who insult kids where I come from.)  But she cares about doing a good job.  Some kids are perfectionists.  We shouldn't crap all over them because we want to teach them the lesson that they're imperfect.  
If you are a teacher or MCPS administrator, you should get a new line of work, because you clearly have nothing but contempt for parents who care about their kids and, actually, kids themselves.[/quote]

I am not PP - but I understand that posters frustration and I don't think it was directed at you personally OP (although to be fair - in your shoes I would've been upset too).  I think the PP and others just get frustrated by the constant focus on "being advanced", MCPS sucks, etc. on these threads.  [/quote]

If you read it, it clearly was directed at me personally, as well as anyone else who criticizes the system.  I'm not upset, really, because that person doesn't have enough credibility to upset me.  But I think that person has no valid leg to stand on in being blatantly dismissive and insulting to me and my child.  I really, really hope that person is not a teacher.   I do not understand how one can be so ridiculous and think it's justified by "frustration".  Imagine if, in my "frustration", I had referred to "another idiot teacher"?  Wouldn't be acceptable, would it?[/quote]
It's the internet lady - not etiquette class. If you are that sensitive, maybe this not the playground for you. [/quote]

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