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Are report cards assessing student achievement well enough?
As an indicator of progress, much time, discussion and energy is spent on how best to assess student learning and convey that information accurately to both students and parents.
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Over the past forty years the “bar” for expected levels has continuously been lowered until there is probably very little need for a report at all on many students. The expectation that all reports have to be positive has made reporting just an exercise in trying to make students and their parents think they are doing well when, in fact, they are not.