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Aug 27, 2015
They switched to new report cards on us this year.
The past 2 years we gave one grade for general music: a 4 was outstanding (few should get this), a 3 was average (most students), 2 was deficient in some way (either musically or behavior), 1 was non-participatory or not able to pick up on music skills (I never gave those).
I could also write around 5 sentences, where I listed the standards we covered, their positives and/or negatives, and then behavior.
Our new report cards have no space for any comments. Now we just have to score them for vocal prowess ("Student sings on pitch with good tone, rhythm, and dynamics.") and instrumental prowess ("Student plays instruments with proper technique and rhythmic accuracy.").
How am I supposed to give a picture of what goes on in my classroom with that?
And they don't want behavior to figure into their scores at all! So someone who is off task all the time can't b...See More
Michele
I have recently discovered that quite a few of the teachers in my area actually send out their own mini grade card since that one single grade just doesn't do it. On the behavior side: if a student is not participating properly, how can you assess them? It's the same as a math test. If they are off-task and don't finish the test, they are going to ...See More
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