Yesterday, I received my son's final assessment report for Grade 2. He did get good grades (mostly A+, a few A's and one B+). I chuckled at the overall assessment because I wasn't sure what I could make out of it. Being the skeptic I am on any non-independent assessment in this rampant grade inflated era, I wasn't sure if the report is actually helping me or my son. While he tried explaining to me why he got a B, I told him that wasn't my concern at all and that I am indeed happy because there is scope for improvement. I told him that I was concerned about the A+s and As. He didn't quite understand. I thought about how I could explain this to a 2nd grader. Then I drew a version of the picture below and told him that the most preferred place to be is #1 and least preferred is #4. And I told him that I don't have enough information whether he is placed #1 or #4 as the assessment is not outside his school and more importantly difficulty is not known. . Since he had previously written Math Kangaroo, I managed to use that as an example for independent assessment.
I don’t know if he actually understood what I told him, but he sure understood that just getting a A+ or A will not impress me
No comments:
Post a Comment