Will TJ follow the new FCPS

[Anonymous]

Curious about what the new test-retake policy impact will be at TJ. My kid says that TJ teachers "do what they want" regardless of the policies so...maybe it will have no impact at all. If there is another thread about this, I missed it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/07/01/fairfax-county-schools-grading-policy-changes/

I know this is a soft pitch for anyone who wants to bash the revised admissions process and that "TJ kids shouldn't need a retake, blah, blah, blah."

[Anonymous]

The FCPS topic on this mentions that very few kids have taken advantage of the test retake option because they have to complete remediation assignments before the Teachers give a new test and a good number of the students don't see an improvement in their scores. Maybe TJ students would be fine with doing all the extra work but it is not as simple as "sure, here is the test." Some parents have complained that the policy ends up leaving their kid perpetually behind because they are trying to complete remediation at the same time as the class is moving on.

[pseudonymous]

When I read this, I imagined a bunch of TJ kids retaking tests any time they got below 100.

[Anonymous]

pseudonymous wrote:When I read this, I imagined a bunch of TJ kids retaking tests any time they got below 100.

As long as they learn the material that's fine.

[Anonymous]

pseudonymous wrote:When I read this, I imagined a bunch of TJ kids retaking tests any time they got below 100.

Ha, me too. But worse than that (self-motivated retaking is at least self-motivated), I imagine some parents forcing some TJ kids to do the retakes.

-TJ alumn

[pseudonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

pseudonymous wrote:When I read this, I imagined a bunch of TJ kids retaking tests any time they got below 100.

Ha, me too. But worse than that (self-motivated retaking is at least self-motivated), I imagine some parents forcing some TJ kids to do the retakes.

-TJ alumn

Oh, I didn't imagine that the re-taking would be their own idea.

It may seem harmless, but if it's abused it's a waste of time for both the teachers and the students.

At my kid's middle school, you could only retake below an 80, and it would only raise it to at most an 80. It feels like raising that to 90 wouldn't be awful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

pseudonymous wrote:When I read this, I imagined a bunch of TJ kids retaking tests any time they got below 100.

Ha, me too. But worse than that (self-motivated retaking is at least self-motivated), I imagine some parents forcing some TJ kids to do the retakes.

-TJ alumn

High school grades are important but not nearly as important as learning how to be a good student without external motivation. Parents are being short sighed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

pseudonymous wrote:When I read this, I imagined a bunch of TJ kids retaking tests any time they got below 100.

Ha, me too. But worse than that (self-motivated retaking is at least self-motivated), I imagine some parents forcing some TJ kids to do the retakes.

-TJ alumn

This will absolutely happen and will be really bad for the school. They should allow retests only up to like 85 or 90%
- TJ parent.

[Anonymous]

Oh no! The schools and students are going to start measuring and grading learning instead of optimizing which day of the year the learning happens.

Whatever shall happen to my Ivy League application

[Anonymous]

I assume TJ won’t do retakes but will allow “recovery points” on later tests and exams that cover the same material. Many TJ teachers have been doing this up to an 80. I guess now they will allow it up to 100. But I seriously doubt they are going to give retakes of every test and quiz. So disruptive.

[pseudonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I assume TJ won’t do retakes but will allow “recovery points” on later tests and exams that cover the same material. Many TJ teachers have been doing this up to an 80. I guess now they will allow it up to 100. But I seriously doubt they are going to give retakes of every test and quiz. So disruptive.

I agree it's disruptive, but I don't see how they opt out of FCPS policy, which is to allow retakes on all tests (but not quizzes).

[Anonymous]

pseudonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I assume TJ won’t do retakes but will allow “recovery points” on later tests and exams that cover the same material. Many TJ teachers have been doing this up to an 80. I guess now they will allow it up to 100. But I seriously doubt they are going to give retakes of every test and quiz. So disruptive.

I agree it's disruptive, but I don't see how they opt out of FCPS policy, which is to allow retakes on all tests (but not quizzes).

Teachers will just give fewer tests. There is always a workaround.