student led conferences started in second grade. In our case my daughter went to Magnet program in third grade and things Kelly suggested that happened in the student led conferences were already known and thus the conferences IMO were not really necessary. I'm sure things have improved as Frannie suggested. I still think those conferences are better suited for grade school kids. Also between losing three days off school for conferences, MAP testing, and PARCC testing to me some of that could be better spent in actual teaching. In regards to the college credits I'm not that knowledgeable but I believe in ours they can Gary U of I credit.