Thread: Communicating D and F Quizzes/Tests

I e-mail them when at all possible. If not I call. I always tell them that their child will be bringing a paper home with them and to ask for it.

We have to send home a progress report halfway between our grading periods. These usually show all our assignments and what the student made/didn't make on them. (We use Integrade- it makes the reports, then we hit the print button. Not very onerous.) Teaching high school, I don't regard it as necessary to send something home each time somebody fails or gets a D. All the same, you might want to look into something like that if your district doesn't mandate something. Technology can help sometimes.

You wouldn't believe it but our little charter school bends over backwards to notify parents about students' progress and they still rant and scream and freak out when their kids fail.

We have progress reports every five weeks. Parents can sign up for nightly Homework Email. Students have a Student Planner which states homework. I have a weekly forecast that must say what we did during the week and what we are doing next week. I have a weekly student progress report that goes out every Mon that states how the student did behavior wise and which assignments didn't come in and what they are missing. And now I am sending home D and F tests to come back signed. This school is a nightmare.

I've done it in many ways, some better, some worse.

Having moved to a computerized grade book, I can print out a progress report and send it home to be signed each week. Parents know what day to look for it, and to ask if it isn't there. Then, after having the child look over the work in question, it can be popped into their portfolio to provide for parents who want it, or for some one-on-one time with me when needed.