I think it is unethical to grade a child lower in order to show improvement later in the year.
This is why I am not signing her report card until teacher-parent conference where I would like to discuss this issue.
Also, as someone noted above regarding not giving "mastered" score since content wasn't taught. This has no logical sense to me. If child can read at the beginning of K for me that mean that content of this particular grade was mastered and child has to be taught above the grade level but apparently this is what they (schools) try to avoid.
Again, the whole disappointment for me comes from the fact that this teacher is absolutely wonderful in terms of teaching at the grade level and a little below. She has amazing ideas how to make lessons interesting, how to push kids a little, how to decorate/what to use as props. She makes these wonderful pictures of kids during various events and sends them home. She is warm and respectful with kids but not a pushover. I thought, surely she'll see that my DD gets all 100% after skip and says let's push her more. After all she has "certificate" in teaching these kids so she should know all the danger that these kids face without challenge...
Her choosing this "all kids are gifted, let's teach them the same way" route is frustrating. Her "give them all 2's since it is the beginning of the year" thingy helps very little me or my daughter.
I already have to be a "bad" cop at home and remind my DD over and over that scores doesn't matter. That she knew this material at the beginning of last year. That it is better to come 5th while running with 5th graders than to come 1th when running with Pre-K..
I am calmer today, thank for all of your replies. I do have a game plan for the next couple month now - it is always makes me more focuses and leave my emotions behind.
It is continuing straggle while advocating for your child. This will serve as a reminder not to rest/take a break from it even for a second.
