| 1. | 2/4/2008 10:09:00 PM | Which include modifications for ELL students |
| 2. | 3/19/2008 7:20:00 PM | Once again, a little moregood old plain English might make this goal more understandable. I'd comment if I was sure what it meant. |
| 3. | 4/7/2008 9:56:00 PM | More reflective of student learning and less about competition |
| 4. | 4/8/2008 12:31:00 AM | This is really important and will not be easy. Still it is a really good goal in making us a better HS. Alignment and common assessment work should help lay the foundation. We are going to need time to understand, develop and implement this goal. |
| 5. | 4/8/2008 1:15:00 PM | What kind of reporting is being envisioned. Are we going to create a huge paper trail that consumes time? |
| 6. | 4/8/2008 1:03:00 PM | should also be part of RTI. |
| 7. | 4/8/2008 12:18:00 PM | To me this just sounds like putting restrictions on teachers ability to teach. |
| 8. | 4/8/2008 3:02:00 PM | This scares me. Sounds like LOTS of "issues" are hidden in this message! Does that mean those big, nasty report cards are coming to the high school? If we only teach to skills, we will be at fault for doing a disservice to our students. |
| 9. | 4/8/2008 2:44:00 PM | This looks like a hidden agenda. |
| 10. | 4/8/2008 4:21:00 PM | very important for sure; but let's stay focused on the issues. |
| 11. | 4/8/2008 5:08:00 PM | Creating a proper summary for parents that provides them with their child's progress on objectives that are being tested on at the particular grade level and course. |
| 12. | 4/8/2008 4:59:00 PM | I think that an "A" should mean the same thing weather it is in math, science, social studies, or whatever. |
| 13. | 4/8/2008 8:52:00 PM | Do this without itemizing at the middle school level and high school level as has been done with the elementary. Having an elementary student, those itemized report cards are not really helpful. Even as an educator, I can see that the composite score/grade for any given area are the only thing that I care about. We are making our elementary teachers do a lot of itemizing for little gain, if any. I think their time would be better spent on other things (differentiation, for one thing). |
| 14. | 4/8/2008 7:58:00 PM | I personally don't believe that this can be standardized given the autonomy of the instructor which is embedded in lesson design and the needs to differentiate things for a wide variety of student needs. |
| 15. | 4/9/2008 5:14:00 PM | This is a problem at the high school. I would like to see a comprehensive grade policy that lays out late work, letter grade percents, how mucy of the grade is homework, in class work, formal assesments, ect... I am interested in objectives based grading also and I think it could have many benefits. However, I do have some concerns with implimenting it after hearing some of the horror stories from the elementary:
-Time: No matter what the "experts" say it does take more time to do this type of grading right. This is especially true during the first 2-3 years as teachers are figuring out how to impliment it effectivly and efficiently. If this were done I would have to insist on more time for assement work, expecially during the first few years. (Not just an extra half day at the end of the quarter like they have tried at the elementary but regular extra time on a weekly basis, especially at the high school).
-What ever objective based grading "report card" was developed it would need to translate into letter grades for post secondary education.
-What ever objective based grading "report card" was developed, if we developed on, we would need to be able to change and tweek the objectives for each class easily, frequently and at no cost, unlike what has happened at the elementary. |
| 16. | 4/10/2008 1:16:00 PM | Right on the money. However, you need to embrace the high school staff now about that upcoming change. The "report card" should be the final change to be put in place. You've got to work to change ideas, feelings, and practices now if you want this to be acceptable. |
| 17. | 4/10/2008 6:13:00 PM | Training and inservice in how to accomplish this goal will be helpful. |
| 18. | 4/10/2008 7:09:00 PM | Don't know why we need to fix what others do not have a problem with |