Should report cards be abolished

Answer 1

It should be abolished because it make kids feel bad aout them self that they can't do good in math writing reading that mess

The function of Report Cards has nothing to do with emotional support - indeed, I would argue that the above answer is seriously flawed.

Schooling is fundamentally about a single over-arching goal: producing a person well-adapted to survive and function well in society. To this end, the major thrust of schooling is to impart knowledge to the student, to enable them both to understand their society, and to be able to make "good" rational choices in their lives. That is, to know enough facts to understand things, and to have enough analytical skills to determine answers from a given set of facts.

Report Cards are a method of informing people (both the student and the parent) as to how well the student is progressing on both of those immediate goals. Without reasonably frequent updates as to how a student is progressing, how is that student (or teacher, or parent) able to make any assessment of accomplishment? In other words, people need feedback as to how well they are progressing towards a goal, to enable that person to make any necessary adjustments which would enable them to reach their goal (or, reach it faster)?

The method(s) used to determine how students are doing is of course highly debatable, and of course the optimal frequency of doing summary reports (which is what a Report Card is) can vary, but there must be some very concrete method of judging progress and giving feedback. Frequent parent/student meetings with teachers is also great, but some metric must be provided to understand where progress is lacking, improving, or exceeding expectations. Report Cards are an excellent place to summaries these metrics.