Teacher lost exams for half the class. WWYD

[Anonymous]

My son’s teacher lost a set of exams for half of the class. One half of the class had their grades entered, the others were just listed as “excused.”

This test was given to replace a set of quizzes that the entire class performed poorly on. So, losing these tests is a detriment to the students who won’t get a makeup grade. Teacher said the kids can either keep the quiz grades or take a new test.

At this point the material is 8 weeks old, and the test was 3 weeks ago (yes… there was a 5 week lag between the lesson and the test). Taking the test again feels like a punishment on students for the teacher’s mistake.

My child is really struggling in this class and was so upset to learn his hard work to study was for nothing, and he’s stuck with failed quizzes.

How do teachers/schools typically handle this?

[Anonymous]

What grade?

[Anonymous]

7th grade

[Anonymous]

Wow.

That’s bad.

Scrap for everyone and the all get the same score. The whole class. That’s the only thing that’s fair.!

Talk to your principal if you need to.

[Anonymous]

His studying wasn't for nothing. But this does suck for the students. Email the teacher, then engage the principal. This is sloppy and ridiculous.

-7th grade teacher

[Anonymous]

Unless it’s a class for HS credit or your child will fail the class, who cares.

Your child is not stuck with the failed quizzes. The teacher offered an option.

Teachers are human. I’m still unfortunate that tests were lost. But I’m not sure what the teacher is supposed to do other than give another opportunity.

[Anonymous]

It does suck but the mindset that the studying was for nothing is the bigger problem. Your child should be in school to learn not to remember things just long enough to do well on a quiz or test. That attitude needs to be fixed ASAP. If your child is only learning the map of the US well enough to pass a quiz but forgets it the next day then APUSH is going to be too challenging. If your kid is forgetting how to factor numbers two weeks after the lesson then high school math will become too hard. The same is true for all subjects.

Your child needs to start really understanding the material. It will be a lot of work, but it will be worth it. A tutor might be needed because your kid has probably been doing this for years and needs to review the work of previous years

[Anonymous]

It's 7th grade, OP. Nobody cares about the grade. What DOES matter is that your child studied! You can choose to contact the Principal, so they can supervise this teacher a little more closely, but really, this isn't the big deal you and your kid think it is.

If your kid was a high schooler, where every grade matters for college admissions, my answer would be very different.

[Anonymous]

Teacher actually lost them? Ask for re test or give out an A.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's 7th grade, OP. Nobody cares about the grade. What DOES matter is that your child studied! You can choose to contact the Principal, so they can supervise this teacher a little more closely, but really, this isn't the big deal you and your kid think it is.

If your kid was a high schooler, where every grade matters for college admissions, my answer would be very different.

MS grades matter for HS admission.

[Anonymous]

I'd appeal the grade. If this is a public school, there is a formal process. She essentially let half of the class erase bad test scores without giving the other half the same option

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's 7th grade, OP. Nobody cares about the grade. What DOES matter is that your child studied! You can choose to contact the Principal, so they can supervise this teacher a little more closely, but really, this isn't the big deal you and your kid think it is.

If your kid was a high schooler, where every grade matters for college admissions, my answer would be very different.

7th grade math and language can go on high school transcripts

[Anonymous]

You can choose to contact the Principal, so they can supervise this teacher a little more closely

LOL

Unlikely

Even less likely to have an impact if it does occur

[Anonymous]

7th Grade - it won't matter. Teacher s*cks, but the grade won't matter. Your DC learns now, and it's important, sometimes teachers let you down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's 7th grade, OP. Nobody cares about the grade. What DOES matter is that your child studied! You can choose to contact the Principal, so they can supervise this teacher a little more closely, but really, this isn't the big deal you and your kid think it is.

If your kid was a high schooler, where every grade matters for college admissions, my answer would be very different.

7th grade math and language can go on high school transcripts

And colleges don't care about ONE QUIZ. Come on.