Chapter 14: FIAE

Armstrong expresses the need for responsive report card formats. As in my high school, a lot of report cards just have the letter grade, and then generic responses from the teacher who used a number key to comment on my performance in the classroom, usually summed up in a sentence. The grades on my report card were never justified or explained. Responsive report cards will help parents understand why their child got the grade that they did. My mentor teacher uses powerschool to submit students grades so that they can see them and show their parents. Beside the grade for each assignment, she write comments about if they didn't try, or it was late, or any other reason why they got the grade they did. It lets the parents know how the student is doing academically as well as any problems with understanding or missing work.