"A Mockery of Accountability"
In New York City, public schools receive annual report cards with a grade. Most of this grade is based on test scores. Miraculously, 84 percent of elementary and middle schools in NYC received an A...
View ArticlePermanent record: 1920’s report cards
After finding 1920s report cards and employment records from the Manhattan Trade School for Girls, Paul Lukas traced the former students to see how their lives turned out. The series on Slate includes...
View ArticleES or N? DEM or PRG?
Instead of A’s, B’s, C’s or D’s , Montgomery County, Maryland students in first through third grades will get ES, P, I or N on their report cards, explains the Washington Post. ES means “exceptional,”...
View ArticleElementary kids get science grades, but no science
Science instruction is vanishing from elementary schools in Kansas and nearby states, according to a report to the Kansas Board of Education. As many as one in five elementary teachers puts science...
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IP to STEP 7 means … ???
Parents need report cards they can understand, writes Ed Navigator‘s David Keeling. He analyzes a report card filled with acronyms and ambiguities. (Go to the link for a more legible version.) The STEP...
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Is B- a bad grade? Report cards mislead parents
Parents rely on report cards to tell them how their children are doing academically, but teachers say grades don’t always reflect achievement, concludes a new Learning Heroes report. Most parents think...
View ArticleSchool shock: My kid’s way behind
? School closures are teaching some parents a surprising lesson, writes Beth Hawkins on The 74. In particular, low-income parents are “shocked at how far behind their children are academically. “Our...
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