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Because they modified his grades compared to his peers. It is a gentler way of grading. My daughter had those same remarks on her report card in 5th grade when she was literally failing every subject. She was given C-’s and it said that the grades were modified. It really doesn’t seem fair when it seems our kids are doing the best that they can. This is what the districts choose to do instead of giving them grades lower than a C which would probably negatively impact a child’s self esteem.

My son report card has a a * and states in those subjects grades are based on his IEP goals and objectives.However those are the subjects he is in resource room for spelling,handwriting and english.He is do grade level work with modifications in the rest of his subjects .

Those comments are placed on their because LD children have modifications in their school work. It is also a way that the school can protect itself from lawsuits from parents. They do not mean to make you feel bad. However, I wish that they could do it in a different manner. Sometimes parents get upset with the child because of these parents. I am glad that there are forums like this so that people can better understand their children and the schools. Thank You for reading this. I hope it helps.

Hi there, my daughter is in the third grade and in speech class, resource room for dyslexia/capd and on her report cards it don’t say anything about modifications due to iep or ld???? Go figure!! I will keep my eye out though-thanks!!!

Tammy

My son who fits yours description has resource room evaluations for language arts. He doesn’t do regular language arts and thus doesn’t get a grade there. In the rest of his classes he does regular classroom work. He often gets help because of his below grade level reading skills. His teacher grades him down because of this. She seems to do a global assessment on him–so he got a C in social studies because of this help instead of the A his papers would indicate (which she helped him with reading.) So his “modifications” are reducing his grade. His report card does not say modifications either because the modifications are reflected in a reduced grade and thus the grades reflect his performance next to the rest of the class. I am not sure I like this either—because his knowledge of science, which is considerable, is not reflected in his grades because of his weakak reading skills. But as long as he is getting passing grades I figure it isn’t worth arguing about.

My understand was that unless they modified the CONTENT of the curriculum (like allowing the child to do a different, easier assignment) they should be graded like any other student. The accomodations are meant to level the playing field and allow a child with a disability to earn the same grades for the same work as their non-disabled peers.

My son has a SPED teacher in the general ed classroom, spends an hour a week in resource, and has some modification of homework assignments and the way tests are presented. But he takes the same tests as all the other kids, and is responsible for learning the same materials. His regular report card looks just like everyone else’s. Then he also has a SPED report card that records the progress he’s made toward the specific goals on his IEP.

Karen

I really don’t think that is happening in my son’s case. I mean he knows his social studies and science but has some trouble with reading on worksheets and tests. I just decided not to fight it—he isn’t getting anything worse than a C and this is third grade.