Chapter 14 Assesing

Chapter fourteen of fair isn’t always equal is all about setting up the all powerful report card. The chapter talks about how there are multiple ways to set up a report card and gives three different examples of different report card formats. The first system it suggests is a system of letter number combinations. In this set up students are given a letter grade based on mastery shown and a number grade based on effort or growth shown. The second format is a standards mastery format in which students are given a report card that lists what standards they need to master and to what degree they have all been mastered. Finally the chapter talked about the modified report card which is a report card set up in a way so that students in a gifted program and students in a special needs program have there needs met.
As a group we were surprised by how many ways that there were to set up a report card I mean after all isn’t a report card a report card? After reading the chapter each of us sort of picked a grading style that we liked but we did have one overarching question. Because we will unfortunately have to fallow whatever format that are district has for making report cards how should we attempt to put the better feedback onto the report card if the report card format where we work doesn’t already contain a way for us to do so can you attach things to report cards? who do you talk to if you want to make a change?