In light of standard-based report cards and quantifying every question, etc., it is so important that we don't lose sight of this fact. It's true that some of the information on those report cards are going to come from our day-to-day interactions with the students. Maybe it won't be in the grade book. Does that mean it shouldn't be counted as reliable or given as much weight? I think not...
We see the students every day - in their ups and their downs, their goods and their bads, their sick-shouldn't-have-come-to-school days and their top-of-the-world days. The picture is constantly being painted. Report cards should reflect more than just snapshots.
Sometimes, it's true, the data cannot be quantified or recorded. But it needs to be trusted. That data need to have a say.
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