It's been widely reported over the last few weeks that Dalton McGuinty plans on eliminating the Fall report cards for elementary schools next year and replacing them with progress reports. It's a well known fact that the Teachers unions have been advocating for years to get rid of them. They say it takes too much time and are too early in the year, That's bull as far as I am concerned. As a parent I want to know early in the year if my kid is having difficulties with his grades, sure progress reports have value to them but they don't really tell you what you need to know. If the first reports with actual grades don't come out until January it very well could be too late for alot of students to turn things around.
Eliminating the early reports seems to give the thought of schools and school boards bringing in a no fail approach to education which is rather alarming. I believe that more accountability needs to be placed on Teachers and instead of hearing about school boards getting money given to them for resources maybe it's time to spend the money on upgrading Teacher Training. Unfortunately as long as Dalton' Liberals are in charge we better be prepared for a dumming down of our children's education.
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I don't understand why some of my colleagues think that report cards are time consuming and onerous. It's part of the job. With proper preparation throughout the term, reports are easily created with accurate information and relevant, useful comments for students and parents. However, as a teacher for 12 years I have seen first hand how many parents neglect to properly read the reports themselves, or even sit down with their child to review their evaluation in the various subjects. That being said, no child or parent should ever be met with surprise when opening the report card envelope. Much dialogue and communication between home and school should alsways be a part of the assessment/feedback loop prior to being evaluated.
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