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Originally Posted by Wormius
You can tell when somebody has been out of the school system for a long time or doesn’t have kids when this all comes as a shock to them.
It’s also not like you don’t have parent-teachers interviews or comments on report cards / powerschool. Any reasonably engaged parent knows how their kid is doing without needing a percentage or letter grade. What are kids even going to do with a letter grade in grade 9?
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I don't know, I think that the 1-4 system is fine for elementary, but in junior high it should be a percentage. I don't think that the 1-4 scale provides enough granularity to get a good sense of how things are going academically. And sure, you have comments, but with reports cards just a couple main times a year those are only so useful anyway.
The worst is the PT conferences though. You have like 10 minutes a couple times a year...which is pretty brutal.
I do think things get a little better in high school with Powerschool and being able to see a lot more of what's happening with kids through the semesters. But, unsurprisingly, you're hoping that the teachers are keeping that up to date as the weeks progress. I have no idea what's involved in that, but if there aren't updates, you're basically flying blind there.