Chapter 14: Responsive Report Card Formats

This chapter addresses the poor format of the report card. After trying so hard to differentiate instruction for the students it seems inadequate to then simply send a report card home with a number or a letter grade. The best idea in this chapter is to write a note to the parents explaining how the child is doing. Even if there is not a section on the report card format, I think it would be very powerful to attach a note to every parent letting them know with some details how their child is doing. People are very protective of their children, instead of them simply seeing a number or a letter, they would have a written explanation about the grade. It seems like a lot of work for a teacher but really that is part of being a good teacher, dealing with parents, and it seems that dealing with them would be easier when they are kept in the loop about their child.