Pass or Fail...oops I mean Mastered or Not Mastered.

This is from the Canyons Website. I wonder what their final decision was? I think it is ridiculous that we spend so much time worrying about how to measure our K-6 kids. I never remember this time of my life being a "game changer". I am definitely for learning the basics and having a solid foundation in the three R's. But I think all the reforms on education are anti-kid. I would like to get a copy of my K-6 report cards. I am sure they do not include the detailed rubrics that today's measuring system have.


"The Canyons School Board continued Study Session discussions about a proposed standards-based elementary report card aimed at giving parents more precise student achievement information and aligning grading systems with the new state curriculum. Board members asked clarifying questions about the proposal, and heard answers from teachers piloting the report cards and Elementary Evidence-Based Learning Director Amber Roderick-Landward. Board members tentatively agreed they would like to implement a standards-based report card. Remaining issues include whether the report card should have additional grading levels beyond mastery and not yet mastered, and whether implementation next fall should be districtwide or site-based. The Board asked to see models that presented information with graphics and that relayed student performance in up to four levels instead of two. The Board will discuss and vote on the proposal April 16.  The proposal stems from educators' requests and more than two years of study by a committee of teachers from every school, special education experts and education technology specialists. It is being piloted in 92 classrooms in six Canyons elementary schools. Crescent View Middle School also has implemented a standards-based report card."  Here is an example of the Report Card.