Anonymous wrote:Many teachers are happy to sit down and explain the report card in depth - it's worth sending an email.

Why is it always the parent's job to hunt a teacher down in MCPS? How come the other 2 places my kids have gone to school have normal report cards and a place on the back for a paragraph the teacher writes strengths/weaknesses and/or what to work on? How is it that a 6 minute "conference" in November is the only communication you have with a teacher unless YOU, the parent requests something.

Anonymous wrote:^^^this

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/i...0-kindergarten-report-card.pdf

is the MCPS guide to understanding the kindergarten report card

When you need a PDF to explain a Kindergarten report card, you have failed as a school district.

And where are teacher's comments? Nothing at all. LAME

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Anonymous wrote:Where does it say reading level? I see a chart for reading levels but not where DC fits into that.

There should be a chart on the bottom right with bars and a dot. The dot is where your child's level is. There's an explanation of what it means.

Or they could rank the kids using a alphabetical scale, oh wait, that is what they were trying to move away from ...

And what I wish they would move back to. Letter grades seem easier to understand and easier for student/parents to interpret how the student is doing.

This doesn't apply yet in kindergarten, but in a system that uses letter grades it seems easier to give students a goal to work towards and parents more options for standards to hold their children to.

I wish letter grades would be brought back at least for 3rd grade and up, which is what our old school system did. I don't mind the fuzzy, looser standards and evaluations so much for K-2 but by 3rd grade I think there should be actual grades that actually mean something and everyone is clear on their meaning.

Mine got an I in Art. Better sign him up for some tutoring.

My son got an I for PE. We are going to be running laps every morning around the neighborhood. He will also be taking PEDs to bring that grade up.

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Anonymous wrote:Where does it say reading level? I see a chart for reading levels but not where DC fits into that.

There should be a chart on the bottom right with bars and a dot. The dot is where your child's level is. There's an explanation of what it means.

Or they could rank the kids using a alphabetical scale, oh wait, that is what they were trying to move away from ...

Anonymous wrote:My kid is killing it in PE - consistently gets ES.

Good for you. Redshirted kid? I'm sure the college athletic depts are tracking your kid.

My kid is killing it in PE - consistently gets ES.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't even know why they bother with grades in PE, Music and Art.Who cares?

Music teacher (and K parent) here. Wow, PP. That's what you really think? Thanks for validating that what I do with your kid is important and meaningful.

Honestly, I am so very happy that my kiddo has PE, Music and Art, but I think the only "grade" should be about effort. Why grade it? Is that the only sign of meaningfulness?

Exactly. Definitely appreciate what you do, but we don't need grades.

Anonymous wrote:I think PP is confused. There are clear goals for each semester and children should only get Is if those objectives aren't met. This includes specials.
Unfortunately, I think a lot of teachers use criteria outside of those objectives.

Agreed

Anonymous wrote:Many teachers are happy to sit down and explain the report card in depth - it's worth sending an email.

This.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't even know why they bother with grades in PE, Music and Art.Who cares?

Music teacher (and K parent) here. Wow, PP. That's what you really think? Thanks for validating that what I do with your kid is important and meaningful.

Honestly, I am so very happy that my kiddo has PE, Music and Art, but I think the only "grade" should be about effort. Why grade it? Is that the only sign of meaningfulness?

Because we also have a curriculum and specific standards in each area we work towards to help children be well rounded in all areas.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't even know why they bother with grades in PE, Music and Art.Who cares?

Music teacher (and K parent) here. Wow, PP. That's what you really think? Thanks for validating that what I do with your kid is important and meaningful.

Honestly, I am so very happy that my kiddo has PE, Music and Art, but I think the only "grade" should be about effort. Why grade it? Is that the only sign of meaningfulness?

Anonymous wrote:I don't even know why they bother with grades in PE, Music and Art.Who cares?

Music teacher (and K parent) here. Wow, PP. That's what you really think? Thanks for validating that what I do with your kid is important and meaningful.

I don't even know why they bother with grades in PE, Music and Art.Who cares?