Late with grades

[Anonymous]

One of my daughter's HS teachers has not graded several assignments, including one big test, a few quizzes, and lots of homework. The quarter ends Friday, and right now she has an A without these assignments graded and put into the gradebook. My question is the other teachers have put in grades and already offered retakes and let students know what assignments are missing. Is the teacher allowed to put in several grades last minute?

[Anonymous]

Has she asked the teacher how she did on the assignments, explaining she would like to know so she knows whether she needs to make up work? I would start there.

[Anonymous]

Yes, teachers have 3 weeks to grade an assignment. The only thing your kid should be asking about is any assignment that is retake-able. But otherwise, she completed the assignments and they will be graded. If you daughter’s grade drops, then she can consider what to do differently next quarter so that she knows she is turning in work that meets A level work.

[Anonymous]

My daughter is in the same situation. She has asked the teacher about a couple assignments but the teacher just tells her she’ll grade them soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of my daughter's HS teachers has not graded several assignments, including one big test, a few quizzes, and lots of homework. The quarter ends Friday, and right now she has an A without these assignments graded and put into the gradebook. My question is the other teachers have put in grades and already offered retakes and let students know what assignments are missing. Is the teacher allowed to put in several grades last minute?

Yes, the teacher is allowed to do so. There is not a rule that would prevent the teacher from adding those grades. It might lower your DD’s overall grade if she did poorly. However, other students might rely on those assignments to raise their overall grade.

[Anonymous]

OP, I really dislike it when teachers save a lot of grading from the 2nd half of the quarter until the last week. It is so stressful for my student to see a class grade undulate up and down before fining a resting spot in the final couple of days. It is also troubling for teachers to hand things back on Wednesday and announce last day for retakes on Friday. What if if a student genuinely did not understand the material and needs reteaching. Ugh!

[Anonymous]

The Teacher is waiting to steer the grades into some acceptable, predetermined distribution.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Teacher is waiting to steer the grades into some acceptable, predetermined distribution.

LOL.

[Anonymous]

Or perhaps the teacher cannot get all of the grading done during contracted school hours and their normal amount of extra time in the evenings and weekends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Or perhaps the teacher cannot get all of the grading done during contracted school hours and their normal amount of extra time in the evenings and weekends.

Lol. Let me guess you’re a teacher?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or perhaps the teacher cannot get all of the grading done during contracted school hours and their normal amount of extra time in the evenings and weekends.

Lol. Let me guess you’re a teacher?

I’m a different poster. I’m not sure why you are LOLing. Plenty of teachers have tried to explain to DCUMers that grading and planning have to happen in the evening and on weekends. I worked 14 hours last weekend and I still have a backlog of grading to do. Guess what? It’s dawning on me that I shouldn’t have to work this hard.

Perhaps the OP’s teacher has decided to reach a work/life balance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or perhaps the teacher cannot get all of the grading done during contracted school hours and their normal amount of extra time in the evenings and weekends.

Lol. Let me guess you’re a teacher?

Not that poster, but anyone with a pulse knows that MCPS can’t supply enough subs this year and teachers are forced to spend their planning periods “covering” absent teachers’ classes. Maybe you can sign up to sub?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or perhaps the teacher cannot get all of the grading done during contracted school hours and their normal amount of extra time in the evenings and weekends.

Lol. Let me guess you’re a teacher?

Not that poster, but anyone with a pulse knows that MCPS can’t supply enough subs this year and teachers are forced to spend their planning periods “covering” absent teachers’ classes. Maybe you can sign up to sub?

NP here. I’m not a teacher, but honest question…do teachers need to plan lessons every year?, I was under the impression that once a teacher plans a lesson (at the start of their career) it’s pretty much a repeat lesson every year, so there’s really not much planning involved during the subsequent years. Im asking a genuine question, please no snarky comments!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, teachers have 3 weeks to grade an assignment. The only thing your kid should be asking about is any assignment that is retake-able. But otherwise, she completed the assignments and they will be graded. If you daughter’s grade drops, then she can consider what to do differently next quarter so that she knows she is turning in work that meets A level work.

THREE WEEKS?! Should be 3 days, what $&@“! Came up with that rule?

[Anonymous]

Some of mine went to. a W school. They were 7 years apart.

A Spanish teacher never once put in a grade. She used to call the house say some other kids name and say we would find out when report cards came. Awful just awful. The administration didn't care.

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