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Virginia’s Fixing the Gap Between What Report Cards Say & What Kids Really Learn
Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Nationally, 9 in 10 parents believe their child is at or above grade level in math and reading. But the data paint a starkly different picture: At best, . How is it that so many parents are unaware of their child’s grade-level achievement? Report cards are the culprit. Almost 80% of parents say their child consistently brings home B’s or better on their report cards.
Opinion: Virginia’s Fixing the Gap Between What Report Cards Say & What Kids Really Learn
Nationally, 9 in 10 parents believe their child is at or above grade level in math and reading. But the data paint a starkly different picture: At best, . How is it that so many parents are unaware of their child’s grade-level achievement? Report cards are the culprit. Almost 80% of parents say their child consistently brings home B’s or better on their report cards. But those grades don’t necessarily reflect whether a student is truly performing at grade level.
Parents don't realize kids are failing because report cards say they are getting As and Bs
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! For the past decade, I have wondered why parents are not clamoring for more when it comes to their kids’ education. While conducting focus groups – in school districts where proficiency rates for underserved students were mind-blowingly low – parents would tell us their kids were "doing fine" academically. I was stunned. How could they be so mistaken? Resources are available to help students who aren’t working at grade level.
Analysis: More Than Ever, Parents Need Data About Their Kids in a Form They Can Understand. Test Makers Are Starting to Get on Board
When my boys were younger, our family loved to watch a show called Man vs Food on the Travel Channel. There was so much suspense as Adam Richman stared down a gargantuan burrito or a whole deep-dish pizza, with fans cheering him on. The fun was that you could never predict the winner. The same may be true this year for a lesser-known battle between parents and psychometricians.
Analysis: Safety, Trust, High Expectations - How Families & Teachers Can Work Together So This Isn’t a Lost Year for Students
School closures driven by COVID-19 saw parents and teachers step up in many new ways last spring. Unlike much of the public narrative, our research has shown that parents are proud of their efforts during the spring closures. We heard, “We got this,” and “It was hard, but we did it.” Parents were engaged in their children’s learning like never before.
Quarantined Mom: Week 2
Learning Heroes continues to hand-pick top resources for parents looking for high quality, free independent learning By Cindi Williams In what was otherwise an incredibly somber week in the Seattle area, moms in my community found levity and solidarity in the sharing of their favorite quarantine memes. This was mine: Not surprising, moms are banding together.
Williams: Together, Student Report Cards and School Report Cards Can Show Parents How Their Kids Are Really Doing in School. 5 States That Get It Right
A handful of visionary state leaders in education are doing something unprecedented — prioritizing parents. It is not a minute too soon. Parents currently receive limited, piecemeal, hard-to-understand information on both how their school is performing and how their child is achieving. When parents think their school is good and their child is fine academically, they focus their time and energy on other pressing issues.
Charter schools welcome scrutiny as we strive to boost all students
Originally published December 3, 2018 at 2:46 pm The state auditor’s recent conclusion that the results are mixed for the state's charter schools is worth further examination, not a rush to judgment. Share story By Special to The Times As chair of the Washington State Charter School Commission, I feel the recent Seattle Times article regarding the charter school performance audit [“New report offers early look at how well Washington’s charter schools are following rules“] missed the point.
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