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Dear K-8th Grade Parents:
Parent Teacher Conferences are next Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Conferences scheduling opens TONIGHT at 7:00 pm. Please follow the instructions we sent earlier to schedule your conference.
Please note: conferences for enrichments (PE, Music, Art) are by appointment, not open as originally stated. If you would like to see the PE, Music, or Art teacher, please make a conference appointment.
i-Ready Reports
Students in Kindergarten-8th grade took the iReady online during the first weeks of school. At Parent Teacher Conferences K-8th grade parents will receive their child's iReady Family Report.
iReady is not a standardized test: it is a progress monitoring system showing your child's status and growth within specific domains in reading and math.
i-Ready Measures Progress and Growth: think of the information you get from your child's pediatrician - your child is so many inches tall, putting him in a range of growth. If your child is approaching or at a specific growth target, the doctor says "keep doing what you are doing." If your child is below or above a range, the doctors says "we need to watch this in the upcoming months" or, if it is a large discrepancy or has persisted over time, she might say "we need to intervene to cause growth." The i-Ready measures in a very similar way. If a child is below a certain range, your child's teacher will tell you how we are watching or intervening and what you can do at home to support your child's growth. If your child is above a certain range, the conversation is the same - typical growth should be occurring in all students between now and the next assessment in January.
Where "should" my child be? Your child should be where s/he is! And then grow during the year. Typically, in the fall, your child is approaching or at their current grade level. The key is the relationship between where they are now and where they will be in January when they take the next assessment. Key questions we ask: where are they now? are they growing? are the growing at the necessary pace to be successful at their grade level (and in the future), what do we need to do to promote and support typical growth?
Below is a sample Family Report. This is the first benchmark diagnostic of the year so there is no growth yet, just the benchmark. Your child's report will look very similar to the one below. Please take a moment to review your child's report and, if you have any questions about his/her status, please reach out to your child's teacher.
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