Anonymous
Post 07/07/2025 09:05     Subject: Second grader got a lot of 2s on final report card
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I forgot I had written this post and that's why I was away for so long. Sorry about that! To further complicate things, my child scored in the 95th percentile or higher on all of the standardized tests. Although on all prior tests (beginning of year and all tests in K and First), she scored 99th percentile, so I guess the tests are also picking up on something going backwards. I didn't worry about the test scores because 95th percentile is still great, but the report card seems concerning. I wish the teacher had said something to me before the end of the school year.

Maybe they’re bored in school and putting in less effort? What do they say about school when you ask?

Have you ever done any educational testing? Maybe there’s some minor gap in their knowledge?


What is "educational testing"? She's had a full neuropsych. I'm going to go back and look at it, but I don't think it identified any learning disabilities. She has autism, so that was kind of the takeaway from the testing. Maybe there was other info there too that sheds light on this.

PP. my kid actually has autism too. With that in mind I would try to investigate some sort of change in the school environment. Maybe increased social demands? Burnout? Etc. My autistic dc is terrible with describing feelings but if your DD is good at that type of stuff then what does she say about school?

Does she have an iep?
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2025 18:08     Subject: Second grader got a lot of 2s on final report card
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Anonymous wrote:Which school district is this in? I have a 2nd grader in an Arlington school and they don't use numbers. It's interesting how different the grading styles are in the same area.

We are at Taylor and 2nd grade has the numbers. I think it’s standards based grading?


I thought all APS elementary schools used the numbers, or that's what our principal has told us when we (many sets of parents) have complained about how confusing the system is since you never know where they're "supposed" to be at a point in time in the school year.

Does ATS use a different system, or letter grades? I think I may have heard that.

In any case, I have two kids in the same grade (twins) - my more at-grade-level kid got all 3's, and my slightly-above-grade-level kid got a mix of 3's and 4's.




Our 2nd grader at an APS school doesn't have any numbers. Maybe the grading is different at different schools. Are the option schools different too then?
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2025 12:45     Subject: Second grader got a lot of 2s on final report card
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I forgot I had written this post and that's why I was away for so long. Sorry about that! To further complicate things, my child scored in the 95th percentile or higher on all of the standardized tests. Although on all prior tests (beginning of year and all tests in K and First), she scored 99th percentile, so I guess the tests are also picking up on something going backwards. I didn't worry about the test scores because 95th percentile is still great, but the report card seems concerning. I wish the teacher had said something to me before the end of the school year.

Maybe they’re bored in school and putting in less effort? What do they say about school when you ask?

Have you ever done any educational testing? Maybe there’s some minor gap in their knowledge?


What is "educational testing"? She's had a full neuropsych. I'm going to go back and look at it, but I don't think it identified any learning disabilities. She has autism, so that was kind of the takeaway from the testing. Maybe there was other info there too that sheds light on this.


I'm kind of floored that you left out the critical piece that your child has autism. Yes, it is a red flag that a child with autism is showing regression and isn't meeting standards. Does your child have an IEP OP?
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2025 08:00     Subject: Second grader got a lot of 2s on final report card
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I forgot I had written this post and that's why I was away for so long. Sorry about that! To further complicate things, my child scored in the 95th percentile or higher on all of the standardized tests. Although on all prior tests (beginning of year and all tests in K and First), she scored 99th percentile, so I guess the tests are also picking up on something going backwards. I didn't worry about the test scores because 95th percentile is still great, but the report card seems concerning. I wish the teacher had said something to me before the end of the school year.

Maybe they’re bored in school and putting in less effort? What do they say about school when you ask?

Have you ever done any educational testing? Maybe there’s some minor gap in their knowledge?


What is "educational testing"? She's had a full neuropsych. I'm going to go back and look at it, but I don't think it identified any learning disabilities. She has autism, so that was kind of the takeaway from the testing. Maybe there was other info there too that sheds light on this.


This is OP. She also had the testing they do at school (that the psychologist does). It was terribly-done and didn't provide any insight.
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2025 07:48     Subject: Second grader got a lot of 2s on final report card
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I forgot I had written this post and that's why I was away for so long. Sorry about that! To further complicate things, my child scored in the 95th percentile or higher on all of the standardized tests. Although on all prior tests (beginning of year and all tests in K and First), she scored 99th percentile, so I guess the tests are also picking up on something going backwards. I didn't worry about the test scores because 95th percentile is still great, but the report card seems concerning. I wish the teacher had said something to me before the end of the school year.

Maybe they’re bored in school and putting in less effort? What do they say about school when you ask?

Have you ever done any educational testing? Maybe there’s some minor gap in their knowledge?


What is "educational testing"? She's had a full neuropsych. I'm going to go back and look at it, but I don't think it identified any learning disabilities. She has autism, so that was kind of the takeaway from the testing. Maybe there was other info there too that sheds light on this.
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2025 07:45     Subject: Second grader got a lot of 2s on final report card
Anonymous wrote:99 to 95 is NOT a big change.


I think you're missing the point.
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2025 06:16     Subject: Second grader got a lot of 2s on final report card
99 to 95 is NOT a big change.
Anonymous
Post 07/04/2025 15:17     Subject: Second grader got a lot of 2s on final report card
Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I forgot I had written this post and that's why I was away for so long. Sorry about that! To further complicate things, my child scored in the 95th percentile or higher on all of the standardized tests. Although on all prior tests (beginning of year and all tests in K and First), she scored 99th percentile, so I guess the tests are also picking up on something going backwards. I didn't worry about the test scores because 95th percentile is still great, but the report card seems concerning. I wish the teacher had said something to me before the end of the school year.

Maybe they’re bored in school and putting in less effort? What do they say about school when you ask?

Have you ever done any educational testing? Maybe there’s some minor gap in their knowledge?
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2025 20:03     Subject: Second grader got a lot of 2s on final report card
This is OP. I forgot I had written this post and that's why I was away for so long. Sorry about that! To further complicate things, my child scored in the 95th percentile or higher on all of the standardized tests. Although on all prior tests (beginning of year and all tests in K and First), she scored 99th percentile, so I guess the tests are also picking up on something going backwards. I didn't worry about the test scores because 95th percentile is still great, but the report card seems concerning. I wish the teacher had said something to me before the end of the school year.
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2025 19:08     Subject: Re:Second grader got a lot of 2s on final report card
To be clear- as an APS teacher, I like standards based grading and I like the new report card. I just think we should have all been reporting on what was taught that quarter.

Additionally, I do not agree with the re-introduction of a grade of “4”. APS has not provided consistent resources to use to determine this. So it’s extremely subjective at this point. Also the VA standards were not written to show exceeding; they are proficiency standards so it’s really murky how to report if a student is exceeding the standard.

Small steps!