tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10378966.post446809738621386776..comments2023-10-10T05:20:11.192-04:00Comments on Elementary, My Dear, or Far From It: Groundbreaking Progress ReportJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04725549451973770515noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10378966.post-33700394406479118212009-04-24T23:17:00.000-04:002009-04-24T23:17:00.000-04:00I hope that you'll share a sample of the progress ...I hope that you'll share a sample of the progress report sometime. I'd love to see it!The Science Goddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02846516022505481326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10378966.post-75151891044340429552009-04-22T22:33:00.000-04:002009-04-22T22:33:00.000-04:00This is our first year using standard based report...This is our first year using standard based report cards. We use numbers and not letters too. It does take more space and time. Some averaging still happens...you can't help it. Too bad state testing doesn't match how we are grading them.Traceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11064113501129840818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10378966.post-54892798693975688452009-04-22T20:40:00.000-04:002009-04-22T20:40:00.000-04:00I was thrilled for you as I read this post! Any st...I was thrilled for you as I read this post! Any step toward communicating and helping families better understand student successes and struggles is huge! Good luck!Katie Dicesarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04267193046510544304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10378966.post-70503749049733710142009-04-21T18:17:00.000-04:002009-04-21T18:17:00.000-04:00It is so exciting that you are using the Patterns ...It is so exciting that you are using the Patterns of Thinking in this progress report. This is so smart. Even if the actual progress report doesn't work out exactly as you hope, the talk around it has got to be amazing and making huge impacts on assessment and parent communication. A great message and a great way to think about kids and learning. Thanks for sharing:-)Frankihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00186802649034970935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10378966.post-35280363630344462412009-04-21T11:55:00.000-04:002009-04-21T11:55:00.000-04:00Yea, no grades! I keep wondering when this will c...Yea, no grades! I keep wondering when this will catch on. I didn't have grades in college (Satisfactory, Unsatisfactory, or Incomplete) and it was so freeing. The hardest part is convincing parents, but I've seen it done. It just makes so much more sense.teacherninjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07690406470351639188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10378966.post-77912995477962358482009-04-21T10:14:00.000-04:002009-04-21T10:14:00.000-04:00It's great to get rid of the letters, but you've b...It's great to get rid of the letters, but you've basically just switched to numbers. It may stay the way you intend it right now, but once teachers and administraters shuffle around and move on, it's going to be very tempting to turn those numbers into something other than straight representations...then you start getting "2.5" and "4". I'd be afraid of a gradual transition to a 4.0 GPA system, since so many people are familiar with that, and some might argue that it will prepare the students for their future grading systems.<br /><br />Why not just print "needs more time to approach standard," "approaches standard," or "meets standard" in those spaces? Yes, it takes more space and ink, but room can be found on the paper versions and before long most of them will end up online. The benefit as far as being totally unambiguous to parents is great.<br /><br />What's tricky is that teachers will likely be told to turn in their progress report grades as 1/2/3 no matter what is being printed, which means some teachers are probably going to grade assignments on the 1-3 scale and start averaging the numbers.<br /><br />The only way I can think of to prevent this is to use initial letters to represent: maybe NT-A-M for needs time/approaches/meets. It might seem fractionally more difficult, but teachers are smart folks and I think ya'll would surprise us with how fast they adapt to the letters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com