This high school test retake policy is wild

[Anonymous]

My kid just got his first test back and did well, but said most kids are retaking anything under 97 so that they can be sure they are in good shape in case the final ends up being hard.

This seems like it is going to push the highly perfectionist crowd to insanity.

I hope the kids that really need the retakes are doing it too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid just got his first test back and did well, but said most kids are retaking anything under 97 so that they can be sure they are in good shape in case the final ends up being hard.

This seems like it is going to push the highly perfectionist crowd to insanity.

I hope the kids that really need the retakes are doing it too.

The kids that really need to retake them always do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid just got his first test back and did well, but said most kids are retaking anything under 97 so that they can be sure they are in good shape in case the final ends up being hard.

This seems like it is going to push the highly perfectionist crowd to insanity.

I hope the kids that really need the retakes are doing it too.

My kid retook a 99 to get a half point. Some kids will do anything possible to bump their grade even it it's from a high A to a slightly higher A

[Anonymous]

That’s very unusual! What will these students do when they get to the real world?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid just got his first test back and did well, but said most kids are retaking anything under 97 so that they can be sure they are in good shape in case the final ends up being hard.

This seems like it is going to push the highly perfectionist crowd to insanity.

I hope the kids that really need the retakes are doing it too.

Interesting that the teachers even allow for retakes if the students get over a certain grade. None of my kid's teachers allow retakes if the original grade is a B or above unless it is a test near the end of the semester where scoring higher would bump their overall semester grade up a letter.

Several of her teachers also require anyone who scores below a C minus to automatically do the retake. A few others require the retake only if the first grade is a D+ or lower.

[Anonymous]

Evidently it is now FCPS policy. The teachers hate it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid just got his first test back and did well, but said most kids are retaking anything under 97 so that they can be sure they are in good shape in case the final ends up being hard.

This seems like it is going to push the highly perfectionist crowd to insanity.

I hope the kids that really need the retakes are doing it too.

Interesting that the teachers even allow for retakes if the students get over a certain grade. None of my kid's teachers allow retakes if the original grade is a B or above unless it is a test near the end of the semester where scoring higher would bump their overall semester grade up a letter.

Several of her teachers also require anyone who scores below a C minus to automatically do the retake. A few others require the retake only if the first grade is a D+ or lower.

The current FCPS policy is to allow retakes for any test grade. If your kids are in FCPS, retakes are allowed this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid just got his first test back and did well, but said most kids are retaking anything under 97 so that they can be sure they are in good shape in case the final ends up being hard.

This seems like it is going to push the highly perfectionist crowd to insanity.

I hope the kids that really need the retakes are doing it too.

They aren't. It's always the high achievers who do the retakes.

~ Biology HS Teacher

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid just got his first test back and did well, but said most kids are retaking anything under 97 so that they can be sure they are in good shape in case the final ends up being hard.

This seems like it is going to push the highly perfectionist crowd to insanity.

I hope the kids that really need the retakes are doing it too.

They aren't. It's always the high achievers who do the retakes.

~ Biology HS Teacher

Yuuup. I’m in APS and we had this policy last year and it was such a disaster they pivoted halfway through the year. Rarely do my D/E students do retakes, it’s always the A students.

~ history HS teacher

[Anonymous]

I mean, there’s literally no risk for them. They don’t have to study (they clearly know the material already), they can do it during the remediation block so they don’t have to stay after school, and if it’s a worse grade it doesn’t go in the gradebook and the original one stands. I don’t blame them.

OTOH, it’s a boat load of work for teachers to grade half the tests over again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid just got his first test back and did well, but said most kids are retaking anything under 97 so that they can be sure they are in good shape in case the final ends up being hard.

This seems like it is going to push the highly perfectionist crowd to insanity.

I hope the kids that really need the retakes are doing it too.

Interesting that the teachers even allow for retakes if the students get over a certain grade. None of my kid's teachers allow retakes if the original grade is a B or above unless it is a test near the end of the semester where scoring higher would bump their overall semester grade up a letter.

Several of her teachers also require anyone who scores below a C minus to automatically do the retake. A few others require the retake only if the first grade is a D+ or lower.

This is district policy now. Retakes up to 100%. Most teachers think it's a terrible idea but what do they know.

[Anonymous]

Not every year; not the mid-term or final.

[Anonymous]

I love the policy. My kid jwho is a unior has an uw 4.0. She says she will retake anything below 93.5. She's a good student and if that makes her happy so be it. I like the determination.

[Anonymous]

Isn’t the point of school to learn. In theory, students should be able to master the material. If they don’t get a 100% then they didn’t master it. I think the idea of retaking a test forces them to learn the material again which is a good thing. Getting a good foundation of knowledge is better than just taking a test to see where you are.

[Anonymous]

It is such a stupid policy and a real slap in the face to teachers at a time we should be improving their job not making it harder. Also what does it do to gpas? For the first time I am saying what I see on here all the time - I am glad I am almost done with fcps.

-parent of 2 fcps grads and one fcps senior