Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 3, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press 1995 the education Page editor Gerald 6977231 email Grade thyself glaring vague comments mar report cards by Aldo Santin education reporter University officials have Long complained High school Marks Are no Way to gauge a students performance at University an a int always an but a recent review by the free press of some Grade school report cards raises the Issue of not Only what constitutes an but what messages teachers Are the review found glaring exam Ples of what critics claim Are vague and meaningless report one Parent complained her child reached Grade 4 without a single warning the child could not in another a Childs Mark remained the same despite repeated assurances the child was the parents that we talked to said they want clearer report ones that say what their definitive technology loudspeakers have hit the bulls Eye Friday saturday 34 at meet Tom Ming from definitive technology 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electronics 300 Portage 7866541 18oo3921295 child is doing and not said Lynda a retired Ontario educator and parents told us they want to know what their kids Are weak in not just Good comments about their Hodson said the trend to Stream lined report cards with Standard letter grades or percentage Marks does give Many parents a greater sense of Security but very Little real information about Hodson said parents be satisfied with vague comments or inconsistencies in report adding they should ask teachers to clarify any areas of a Grade 4 report card from a Portage la Prairie Grade school last year showed one child scoring consistently c in language despite the teachers repeated com ments that this child was improving and showing in the firs term the Childs Overall score is the teacher describes the student As a fluent Oral Reader and says comprehensive skills continue to devel on the second term the child again gets a c but the teacher writing skills continue to show in the thirdterm another Overall c Oral Reading and comprehension skills have continued to show the teacher notes of a child who initially was described As a fluent Oral the report never states the child has a Only that Progress and improvements Are being yet the Grade remains a one can Only question the Rele Vance and accuracy of the even the honesty of the teachers notes must be a flu ent according to the Dic is someone who can speak quickly and a Grade of c Doest reflect by the end of the the teacher states the students read ing skills Are an admission that the student never was another Parent said she was Dis appointed that her sons teacher in the alternative program allowed her son to Complete three years know or can primary report Etui have Marks you know How can trait of Howwa Publ Crela this May it has Ybur omd now is doing Bei has room t6 becoming War your child Marnil How to do some attention m your child wiggles Dii i Story some difficulty hmm Ybur cold gets picked f interactions your child is causing Siroub in the difficulty dealing with child Mouths off to the Tea Cheivet source the without sounding a warning about his inability to now in Grade the boy remains a weak his Mother is he a weak speller because some people Are just weak spellers or is he a weak speller because he slipped through without anyone catching the Parent do we have to have weak spellers at moving to Alberta or Call 684327 two Small men with big hearts moving 20 offices to serve you m across Canada Winters collision repair Centre 1010 Arlington 7866695 standards tests leave teachers in cold once again we appear to be mimicking the United states by accepting the belief that spending More on standards test ing will bring better results enhancing the level of teacher standards testing is what the Public seems to want and govern ment deems the Public shall have we will All be Able to read the compiled results of groups of unnamed students on standards tests in the schools will be based on this hard parents will be Able to move their Chil Dren to the Good standards test data also will be needed to introduce voucher sys tems and subject schools to the full Force of the the tests will act to ensure the survival of the fittest and the demise of schools which do not measure the idea of unrestrained Market devices including standards test ing driving education makes me my specific Dis Comfort with such tools is rooted in the knowledge that these Mea sures cannot possibly assess or adequately communicate the Rich complexity of human learning As students engage in individual acts of speaking or problem these tests encourage dependence on external soon teachers would be led to mistrust their professional judg or to discount the importance of engaging in activities calling for such teachers and administrators alike could use these tests to make judgments about a Stu dents place in if the results Are used to rank they will generate fear and a general Retreat to the 1950s Basic skills notions of standards tests efficiently sort and classify their they Are limited because they measure a narrowly defined list of a corporation seeking potential employees is entitled to screen Gary Hornung lessons Learned prospective candidates to select those Best suited to its but when did this become the function of the Public school system for what jobs will Canadian students then be Able to compete in a global Economy demanding highly skilled critical thinking team workers it seems that at a time when Trust in Public teaching and schooling is being systematically teachers should not nor should standards testing be welcomed by the pub they will Force teachers and schools to compete against each rather than to cooperate in systematic education is at a so is Western nations have identified education As a key area of ideological we must not shy away from it because if we do we will All those least Able to defend them least Able to afford to will lose the for Par and teachers must become stronger we must decide to embark on a pro Gram aimed at maintaining and enhancing the traditional Trust relationships found in the conversation about Stan Dards must be reclaimed by those directly involved in it must be redefined and kept away from the whims of the Market the school system has always been the marketplace and its concern with the Bottom line has nothing to do with Public education or Public education is a process not Justin time Gary Hornung is an English teacher at Garden Valley collegiate in lessons published each is a column open to All Edu to Cal Janice Armstrong at Manitoba teachers society or Gerald flood at the free i Auto auction 75 vehicles Bank off private dealer consignments repos 1993 Nissan 1990 Chrysler 1984 Pont firebird cars 1984 1993 Pont grand 1993 Chrysler 1990 Chev 1994 Pont grand 1993 Olds 1988 Chrysler new 1988 Dodge 1993 1994 Chev 1993 ply 1990 merc 1991 Sable 1985 ply 1987 Ford 1987 celebrity win trucks vans 1992 ply 1990 grand 1993 Jmc 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