Modified grades

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I've already asked this question on another list, but thought I would also ask

here as I'm still unsure about this...does anyone's child receive a modified

curriculum AND modified grades? My son, Mac, is in 3rd grade and is *included*

for all but 30 minutes a day in the general ed classroom. He is not doing 3rd

grade work, all work is modified for him--it's not always modified well, but it

is modified. I also asked about modified grades because I know even with a

modified curriculum he will still not " score " well and his grades will continue

to be low. I'm not a big fan of grades anyway, but know that in the future Mac

will be aware of his grades, as will his peers and I don't want him to always

have D's and F's when he works just as hard (sometimes more, sometimes less) as

his peers it just doesn't always show. The teachers and spec ed director have

asked me what do I mean by modified grades and I'm not sure what my answer

should be. I " ve suggested things like modifying the grading scale...for example

the current scale is 93-100 is an A, I suggested maybe for Mac it would be

88-100. I suggested things like not allowing him to fail his spelling tests

(unless he misses all of them) and do a sort of reversed scale for example if he

gets 1 correct he gets a D, 2 a C, 3 a B and 4-5 an A (he only gets 5 words

compared to 15 for the typical kids). Just wondering what others have done. I

don't expect him to get all A's or make the honor roll every time, but I also

don't want him to get all D's and F's every time. Maybe if he's getting D's and

F's the curriculum isn't being modified enough or correctly? Thoughts, ideas,

suggestions????

Thanks, in advance, for any help.

Jill

Mom to Mac (8 yrs., 3rd grade, Ds) & Kit (5 yrs., preschool, Ds)