Today in class we talked about anecdotal reporting. Anecdotal reporting is when the teacher puts written feedback on the report card as opposed to a letter/number grade (except for the final term, when it is mandatory to write a letter/number grade). Anecdotal reporting is something that I had not really heard of as I was always given grades each term as early as they started implementing letter grades into our report cards. Parents have the option to receive anecdotal or traditional report cards. These report cards are implemented at PSII and we were shown an example of a real report card that a student/parent received. This form of reporting is becoming more common in the elementary grades, as students/parents see constructive criticism and proper feedback as to where their child is at a lot less daunting than just a letter grade defining everything. Overall, anecdotal report cards show where a student is at in their learning and how much they have improved and a traditional report card jus gives a letter grade with no context as to why the student is at that place in their education.
Competency covered: assessment.
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