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Parents and union urge Cincinnati school board to drop plan to print i‑Ready benchmarks on report cards
Summary
Parents, Montessori educators and the Cincinnati Federation of Teachers urged the board to stop adding i‑Ready diagnostic labels to student report cards, arguing the single‑score format misleads families, harms students’ self‑esteem and should be shared in context or via a secure portal instead.
Hundreds of parents and teachers’ union representatives used Saturday’s Cincinnati School Board retreat to press the district to reverse a proposal to place i‑Ready benchmark labels directly on student report cards.
At the hearing of the public, multiple speakers said a one‑line i‑Ready designation will be misread as a definitive judgment of a child’s ability rather than a formative tool. “Report cards are sent home directly with students,” Bethany Weber said. “Imagine reading for the first time…that you’re doing great on your grades, but you read a line that says third grader reading at his first grade level…that single line narrative…
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