The frustration really grows when for us they have been allowed to use readers or books on tape to continue vocabulary growth because their actual reading progress is slow. How can these kiddos simply discard everything they have learned to use and sit a test. Would you have made it through these tests in middle school. Sometimes I wonder how I would have done. I had NO self esteme and little support from home....
We had a good debate between us on grading today. Sixth grade, although we are housed in the middle school, is really the last elementary year. We grade our lower functioning sped on what is completed instead of the full assignment. Is that really fair in the long run?
Wondering if my grandson will be home-schooled if the system continues in this trend. I can see the positives on both sides of the arguments.