Anonymous
Post 02/05/2023 18:23     Subject: Elem grades are useless
Anonymous wrote:Here OP, this thread "seems" tangential to your issue, but it's actually quite germaine:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1110632.page

You are blaming the school for something while you ignore the actual problem, ie, your kid's reading. Do something about the real problem, OK?




You are such a rude person. I AM doing something about my child’s reading disability. The school clearly is NOT or they aren’t reflecting it in their stupid report card categories. Not a single person criticizing me on this thread said what the foundational skills reading category refers to.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2023 18:22     Subject: Elem grades are useless
Anonymous wrote:Agree the grades are arbitrary, but looking at the bigger picture, your kid should be striving to develop good study habits and want to do well in school. It's about building that foundation now in ES so it will serve him well in years to come.



There is no studying in ES. HW is optional. I don’t understand your point.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2023 18:21     Subject: Re:Elem grades are useless
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Oh please stop being mean to OP. Not doing well on random assessments can lower your grade. It doesn’t mean the kid has a learning disability. My kid is in CES and occasionally gets a C or a D on a random assignment or a test. Its not a big deal. No learning issues. These are kids and they can sometimes make mistakes. And they should be allowed to make mistakes. It doesn’t mean you get evaluations done. Why do they have to perform perfectly on every single test starting in elementary school? Talk about pressure … no wonder every teenager is depressed and anxious.


Not being mean to OP, but she should be concerned that her child has gotten two Ds and request a meeting and assessment
From the school. That is not normal and could indicate a learning disability that needs to be addressed both at school and if it were me at home with a private OG tutor.


Already done this and my kid has an IEP. My only option is to request a change to the IEP to specify what curriculum they use. Small groups and all the other generic BS doesn’t work.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2023 18:20     Subject: Re:Elem grades are useless
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Oh please stop being mean to OP. Not doing well on random assessments can lower your grade. It doesn’t mean the kid has a learning disability. My kid is in CES and occasionally gets a C or a D on a random assignment or a test. It's not a big deal. No learning issues. These are kids and they can sometimes make mistakes. And they should be allowed to make mistakes. It doesn’t mean you get evaluations done. Why do they have to perform perfectly on every single test starting in elementary school? Talk about pressure … no wonder every teenager is depressed and anxious.


If this kid is struggling in reading, you get the kid help.

Your kid doesn't sound like they should be in CES.


My kid is not struggling in reading. A random C on a test does not mean anyone is struggling in anyway. Kid had an off day, didn’t pay attention, was rushing could by anything. Getting a D overall in reading or a sub category of reading is very different from getting a random C on a test.


Are you OP or the CES parent?


We did! We paid a lot of money for private testing and know exactly how to remediate kids with dyslexia and dysgraphia, but MCPS refuses to acknowledge the science of reading.

I’m asking what the heck does “Foundational Skills” mean if it’s graded every quarter? If it’s phonemic awareness or some other component of literacy then *actually* say that. The current report card doesn’t align with what they are actually teaching in the classroom.

OP needs to get a reading evaluation. You need to get your kid tutoring or pull them from CES.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2023 18:18     Subject: Elem grades are useless
Anonymous wrote:They are. If your child is struggling get a reading evaluation privately if you can and get tutoring and supplement with the free tutoring.



We have done all of this already. Kid has dyslexia and dysgraphia. Poorly written IEP that doesn’t seem like it’s getting followed. All grades went up this quarter except science. Reading overall is a C but the “foundational skills” sub category shows a D. When I asked about the MP1 D in this area the teacher said it’s just a letter grade that reflects their MAP-R grade. If this is the case, why stamp another D down in foundational reading skills in MP2 when there wasn’t another MAP R test? No new testing showing up in documents.

While I am sacrificing everything I can for my kid with private specialists, tutoring and advocating MCPS co rubies to drop the ball. The reading specialist uses the same awful Benchmark BS in her pull out reading groups. My kid isn’t EML so she gets left behind a lot.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2023 17:15     Subject: Re:Elem grades are useless
Anonymous wrote:Oh please stop being mean to OP. Not doing well on random assessments can lower your grade. It doesn’t mean the kid has a learning disability. My kid is in CES and occasionally gets a C or a D on a random assignment or a test. Its not a big deal. No learning issues. These are kids and they can sometimes make mistakes. And they should be allowed to make mistakes. It doesn’t mean you get evaluations done. Why do they have to perform perfectly on every single test starting in elementary school? Talk about pressure … no wonder every teenager is depressed and anxious.


OP’s child is already in reading intervention with the school, there is an issue that’s been identified. A D in that context is worrying!

I had a child in a CES who has never had a D in her life (now 7th grade), and a child with SN whose bad grades were a reason to seek a private eval and more support outside school.

So I can tell OP needs to focus on the D instead of blathering on about grades! And a D in the CES is not great either, PP, but obviously not as worrying.

Anonymous
Post 02/04/2023 17:12     Subject: Re:Elem grades are useless
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Oh please stop being mean to OP. Not doing well on random assessments can lower your grade. It doesn’t mean the kid has a learning disability. My kid is in CES and occasionally gets a C or a D on a random assignment or a test. It's not a big deal. No learning issues. These are kids and they can sometimes make mistakes. And they should be allowed to make mistakes. It doesn’t mean you get evaluations done. Why do they have to perform perfectly on every single test starting in elementary school? Talk about pressure … no wonder every teenager is depressed and anxious.


If this kid is struggling in reading, you get the kid help.

Your kid doesn't sound like they should be in CES.


My kid is not struggling in reading. A random C on a test does not mean anyone is struggling in anyway. Kid had an off day, didn’t pay attention, was rushing could by anything. Getting a D overall in reading or a sub category of reading is very different from getting a random C on a test.


Are you OP or the CES parent?

OP needs to get a reading evaluation. You need to get your kid tutoring or pull them from CES.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2023 17:07     Subject: Re:Elem grades are useless
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Oh please stop being mean to OP. Not doing well on random assessments can lower your grade. It doesn’t mean the kid has a learning disability. My kid is in CES and occasionally gets a C or a D on a random assignment or a test. It's not a big deal. No learning issues. These are kids and they can sometimes make mistakes. And they should be allowed to make mistakes. It doesn’t mean you get evaluations done. Why do they have to perform perfectly on every single test starting in elementary school? Talk about pressure … no wonder every teenager is depressed and anxious.


If this kid is struggling in reading, you get the kid help.

Your kid doesn't sound like they should be in CES.


My kid is not struggling in reading. A random C on a test does not mean anyone is struggling in anyway. Kid had an off day, didn’t pay attention, was rushing could by anything. Getting a D overall in reading or a sub category of reading is very different from getting a random C on a test.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2023 15:48     Subject: Re:Elem grades are useless
Anonymous wrote:Oh please stop being mean to OP. Not doing well on random assessments can lower your grade. It doesn’t mean the kid has a learning disability. My kid is in CES and occasionally gets a C or a D on a random assignment or a test. It's not a big deal. No learning issues. These are kids and they can sometimes make mistakes. And they should be allowed to make mistakes. It doesn’t mean you get evaluations done. Why do they have to perform perfectly on every single test starting in elementary school? Talk about pressure … no wonder every teenager is depressed and anxious.


If this kid is struggling in reading, you get the kid help.

Your kid doesn't sound like they should be in CES.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2023 15:15     Subject: Elem grades are useless
Agree the grades are arbitrary, but looking at the bigger picture, your kid should be striving to develop good study habits and want to do well in school. It's about building that foundation now in ES so it will serve him well in years to come.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2023 15:14     Subject: Elem grades are useless
Anonymous wrote:My 7-year-old, who has 99% on their MAP-P and is proficient in both multiplication and division, got a B in math Apparently the B in math is because they already know how to borrow and to carry but refuse to carry the one on the bottom since they learned the normal way.


Part of school success is learning to do things the way the teacher asks. It's fine to be an iconoclast, but a student won't necessarily be rewarded for it.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2023 15:06     Subject: Elem grades are useless
Getting a D on a 2nd grade report card for reading is definitely something OP should look into. If I were you, have your kid read to you, and this should tell you if you should be concerned.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2023 10:24     Subject: Re:Elem grades are useless
Anonymous wrote:Oh please stop being mean to OP. Not doing well on random assessments can lower your grade. It doesn’t mean the kid has a learning disability. My kid is in CES and occasionally gets a C or a D on a random assignment or a test. Its not a big deal. No learning issues. These are kids and they can sometimes make mistakes. And they should be allowed to make mistakes. It doesn’t mean you get evaluations done. Why do they have to perform perfectly on every single test starting in elementary school? Talk about pressure … no wonder every teenager is depressed and anxious.


Not being mean to OP, but she should be concerned that her child has gotten two Ds and request a meeting and assessment
From the school. That is not normal and could indicate a learning disability that needs to be addressed both at school and if it were me at home with a private OG tutor.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2023 09:18     Subject: Re:Elem grades are useless
Oh please stop being mean to OP. Not doing well on random assessments can lower your grade. It doesn’t mean the kid has a learning disability. My kid is in CES and occasionally gets a C or a D on a random assignment or a test. Its not a big deal. No learning issues. These are kids and they can sometimes make mistakes. And they should be allowed to make mistakes. It doesn’t mean you get evaluations done. Why do they have to perform perfectly on every single test starting in elementary school? Talk about pressure … no wonder every teenager is depressed and anxious.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2023 20:40     Subject: Elem grades are useless
Here OP, this thread "seems" tangential to your issue, but it's actually quite germaine:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1110632.page

You are blaming the school for something while you ignore the actual problem, ie, your kid's reading. Do something about the real problem, OK?