Judgment day or team building? Hopefully the latter! Parent conferences can be a frightening concept to all parties involved, and this is why it should be set up to be more progress centered. There is no benefit to anyone to harp on deficiencies without having ideas for change already in place.
The idea behind grading based on standards is to assist students and parents to see that students are progress on grade level standards in some way. This information was beneficial coming into parent conferences. It gave students knowledge of what they could and couldn't do and to be able to explain this at the conference. We could then establish a plan to help them move forward.
Parents were able to see the progression towards the standard and none of them questioned the grading based on the marks. All in all it was a successful evening of team building.
The idea behind grading based on standards is to assist students and parents to see that students are progress on grade level standards in some way. This information was beneficial coming into parent conferences. It gave students knowledge of what they could and couldn't do and to be able to explain this at the conference. We could then establish a plan to help them move forward.
Parents were able to see the progression towards the standard and none of them questioned the grading based on the marks. All in all it was a successful evening of team building.
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