Comments on: Letters and numbers aren’t enough http://kerryj.com/2010/03/10/letters-and-numbers-arent-enough/ Fri, 21 May 2010 01:32:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kerry http://kerryj.com/2010/03/10/letters-and-numbers-arent-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-2667 Kerry Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:22:37 +0000 http://kerryj.com/2010/03/10/letters-and-numbers-arent-enough/#comment-2667 hehehe - I love you Allison! hehehe – I love you Allison!

]]> By: Allison Miller http://kerryj.com/2010/03/10/letters-and-numbers-arent-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-2665 Allison Miller Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:48:39 +0000 http://kerryj.com/2010/03/10/letters-and-numbers-arent-enough/#comment-2665 I totally agree with you here Kerry. When I challenged my children's school about the 'tick the box' reporting of whether my children were achieving: - below their year level - at their year level - above their year level with approximately 200 words of comments, for 6 months school work, on an 8 paged report, I was told that this is what parents want. Really??? I want to know how my child is achieving according to their own abilities - not according to some 'standardised' grading system which doesn't take into consideration the learning needs of the child. Standardised report sux I totally agree with you here Kerry.

When I challenged my children’s school about the ‘tick the box’ reporting of whether my children were achieving:

- below their year level
- at their year level
- above their year level

with approximately 200 words of comments, for 6 months school work, on an 8 paged report, I was told that this is what parents want.

Really???

I want to know how my child is achieving according to their own abilities – not according to some ‘standardised’ grading system which doesn’t take into consideration the learning needs of the child.

Standardised report sux

]]> By: Kerry http://kerryj.com/2010/03/10/letters-and-numbers-arent-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-2663 Kerry Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:09:45 +0000 http://kerryj.com/2010/03/10/letters-and-numbers-arent-enough/#comment-2663 Liked your post! The sorts of comments you gave as examples would be so helpful to parents. If you know what your child needs to improve in terms of not only his/her effort but the type of skills and support THEN you can be a partner in his/her education. If all you have is a grade out of context you have no idea if that grade is on a class curve, based on the teacher's perception of your child's capacity/capabilities or is the result of multiple choice assessments. I know when I looked at my own report card, my grades were a mix of the three and thus had no relation to each other. Cheers for taking the time to comment Karren! : ) Liked your post! The sorts of comments you gave as examples would be so helpful to parents. If you know what your child needs to improve in terms of not only his/her effort but the type of skills and support THEN you can be a partner in his/her education. If all you have is a grade out of context you have no idea if that grade is on a class curve, based on the teacher’s perception of your child’s capacity/capabilities or is the result of multiple choice assessments. I know when I looked at my own report card, my grades were a mix of the three and thus had no relation to each other. Cheers for taking the time to comment Karren! : )

]]> By: Karren http://kerryj.com/2010/03/10/letters-and-numbers-arent-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-2662 Karren Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:07:15 +0000 http://kerryj.com/2010/03/10/letters-and-numbers-arent-enough/#comment-2662 I've also been doing some thinking around this topic: http://writebrainedteacher.blogspot.com/2010/02/rethiking-grades-and-effort-wondering.html "So, if parents/guardians/involved adults are going to be partners in a child’s education – shouldn’t they get more information than letters and numbers?" YES! Karren I’ve also been doing some thinking around this topic:

http://writebrainedteacher.blogspot.com/2010/02/rethiking-grades-and-effort-wondering.html

“So, if parents/guardians/involved adults are going to be partners in a child’s education – shouldn’t they get more information than letters and numbers?” YES!

Karren

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