Maybe some indication that the school actually cares enough to provide comments?

Anonymous wrote:Rising 4th grader - will be starting HGC.

Home school sent the report card. All P's , No I's or N's. 1 ES.

99 percentile in MAP (s), High achiever in JHU-CTY. Off the chart in Raven and InView in 2nd grade, recommended for compacted 4/5 math...

...and I am left with a report card which is like 80% of other 3rd grader. Why even bother sending out this report card?

But what more do you want from the report card that you don't already have? You have lots of data about your child's cognitive ability and achievement through other sources. Your child is not losing out on differentiation because many others have a similar report card if s/he is got admitted to a HGC and is recommended for compacted math. So, what would a different report get you that you don't already have?

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...and I am left with a report card which is like 80% of other 3rd grader.

How do you know that 80% of 3rd graders got a report card like this?

Anonymous wrote:Rising 4th grader - will be starting HGC.

Home school sent the report card. All P's , No I's or N's. 1 ES.

99 percentile in MAP (s), High achiever in JHU-CTY. Off the chart in Raven and InView in 2nd grade, recommended for compacted 4/5 math...

...and I am left with a report card which is like 80% of other 3rd grader. Why even bother sending out this report card?

Same for my child except for no ESs. We only know what the teacher thinks about our child's progress because we requested an end of the year conference.

Rising 4th grader - will be starting HGC.

Home school sent the report card. All P's , No I's or N's. 1 ES.

99 percentile in MAP (s), High achiever in JHU-CTY. Off the chart in Raven and InView in 2nd grade, recommended for compacted 4/5 math...

...and I am left with a report card which is like 80% of other 3rd grader. Why even bother sending out this report card?

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Anonymous wrote:This report card is meaningless. Not even written comments from the teacher.

I agree. My DD is only in K, but her report card has all P's on it. No comments. I assume that back when A-D was used it wasn't in K, but still. I cannot tell a thing from this report card. It just shows me what to expect for the future, which is basically a lack of information about what my child actually learned in school. I wpnder if I will ever get used to this system.

A-D was never used for K-2; O,S,N were for outstanding, sufficient and needs improvement. So, the ES,P,I, N system is not so different. But, the significant change lies in the fact that the ES/P/I/N system is now being used for grades 3-5, replacing the traditional letter grade system.

...and then back to A,B,C,D,E in middle school

Based on my experience of not getting any grades at all in elementary school, K-6, I'm guessing that the kids will probably manage to cope with this change.

Plus, really, just because something is traditional, it doesn't mean it's good. (Or bad either.)

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This report card is meaningless. Not even written comments from the teacher.

I agree. My DD is only in K, but her report card has all P's on it. No comments. I assume that back when A-D was used it wasn't in K, but still. I cannot tell a thing from this report card. It just shows me what to expect for the future, which is basically a lack of information about what my child actually learned in school. I wpnder if I will ever get used to this system.

A-D was never used for K-2; O,S,N were for outstanding, sufficient and needs improvement. So, the ES,P,I, N system is not so different. But, the significant change lies in the fact that the ES/P/I/N system is now being used for grades 3-5, replacing the traditional letter grade system.

...and then back to A,B,C,D,E in middle school

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Anonymous wrote:I think you get an "I" in gym if you are disruptive or not paying attention. My daughter got one in K and now, in second grade, she got an "ES". She definitely has improved!

My son got an I too, and I called and asked about because how can you get an I in phys ed if you show up and participate. No, he wasn't disruptive or not paying attention, the teacher said. He was not able to throw the ball the number of times that was required for a P! This is first grade!

Relax, some kids are more physically developed than others. No biggie!

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Anonymous wrote:This report card is meaningless. Not even written comments from the teacher.

I agree. My DD is only in K, but her report card has all P's on it. No comments. I assume that back when A-D was used it wasn't in K, but still. I cannot tell a thing from this report card. It just shows me what to expect for the future, which is basically a lack of information about what my child actually learned in school. I wpnder if I will ever get used to this system.

A-D was never used for K-2; O,S,N were for outstanding, sufficient and needs improvement. So, the ES,P,I, N system is not so different. But, the significant change lies in the fact that the ES/P/I/N system is now being used for grades 3-5, replacing the traditional letter grade system.

Anonymous wrote:I assume as long as you're moving you get an ES in phys ed, right?

Wrong, actually.

Anonymous wrote:I think you get an "I" in gym if you are disruptive or not paying attention. My daughter got one in K and now, in second grade, she got an "ES". She definitely has improved!

My son got an I too, and I called and asked about because how can you get an I in phys ed if you show up and participate. No, he wasn't disruptive or not paying attention, the teacher said. He was not able to throw the ball the number of times that was required for a P! This is first grade!

I think the I/P/ES system is ridiculous. My DD got all Ps, except for one ES in phys ed! WTH? I assume as long as you're moving you get an ES in phys ed, right? The only part of the report card that held any useful information was the little chart that showed her reading level. Other than that, I might as well throw it in the trash.

Got them yesterday. Mostly ES's for one kid - rising 3d grader. We discussed the issue quite a bit with the teacher during the year and pushed to get beyond grade-level work assigned to him so that she would have tools to accurately measure whether he exceeded standards or not. FWIW, he also scored very high on all of the standardized testing and is at a very high reading level. Our rising 1st grader got mostly P's - ES's are not given to K'ers. He also got a couple of I's in learning/social skills (not unexpected). I thought both were pretty accurate representations of their progress.

Citation needed for the 80% get a P.

Additional points for noting that the ES/P/I/N system is only for elementary schools, and that only half of elementary school students (grades 3-5) received letter grades under the previous report card system.

MoCo more or less is Pass/Fail now, with 80%+ getting Proficient. You're proficient, you pass.
Reach for the stars, or not!