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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A voice from the middle here..my child is not a high achiever. She's very smart and interested in some subjects. She had a learning disability in other areas. She's smart enough to compensate and tries to overcome it but the new grading system has really negatively impacted her performance.

Last year, she received Os in the subjects that she is interested in and does fine. She received several S and an N in areas where her learning disability affects her more. We adjusted her medication, her teacher came up with some new approaches, and she (DD) worked really hard in those areas. She received several Os in areas that had been previously S grades and even an O in the N area by the end of the year. She was REALLY proud of this. The quarterly grade report validated her efforts, showed her that she was making great progress and more importantly we SAW the improvement in her writing.

This year, she received all Ps and one or two ES grades. In one quarter, she was all Ps. Its very clear from her work that she is just barely getting by in the subjects where her learning disability affects her. She does the minimum required on her homework and its very hard to get her to do any more at home because her teacher just focuses on what is required for the P. She isn't improving at all and this affects how fast she can do things in class. She is noticing that she is falling behind the other kids and she's anxious about this but according to her teacher she's still proficient.

Its sad because last year the most important thing that she learned was not everything is easy but if you work hard at something then you will succeed, and that homework can really help you learn things that you couldn't do before. This year basically negated that experience. This summer we'll need to put her into tutoring or a more academic focused camp for her reading and writing because she hasn't learned much this year. [/quote]

Awful to hear this. Ugh. [/quote]

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