Switching teachers for the same class in HS. Do grades transfer over?

[Anonymous]

DD decided to drop a class, and two of her AP classes have changed to new teachers. It seems like the teachers are making their own tests, and strangely the teachers have started on different units so testing topics are different all together.

Looking at grades, it seems like DD already has at least 5 classwork/test/quiz grades for each class. Do the grades that she's been accruing get dropped and she starts over from scratch with the new teachers, or do they carry over from the former teachers? Again, it's the same AP courses but just different teachers.

[Anonymous]

Email the new teachers and ask them. You won’t get the reliable answer from an anonymous board like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Email the new teachers and ask them. You won’t get the reliable answer from an anonymous board like this.

DD is planning to do that (and I guess eventually find out regardless), but wanted to see what experience other students have had in the past when switching class, especially AP classes where we are told teachers are allowed to create their own tests and have been giving different ones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD decided to drop a class, and two of her AP classes have changed to new teachers. It seems like the teachers are making their own tests, and strangely the teachers have started on different units so testing topics are different all together.

Looking at grades, it seems like DD already has at least 5 classwork/test/quiz grades for each class. Do the grades that she's been accruing get dropped and she starts over from scratch with the new teachers, or do they carry over from the former teachers? Again, it's the same AP courses but just different teachers.

I teach AP in PGCPS, but I imagine it would be the same policy: The grades transfer from the other teachers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DD decided to drop a class, and two of her AP classes have changed to new teachers. It seems like the teachers are making their own tests, and strangely the teachers have started on different units so testing topics are different all together.

Looking at grades, it seems like DD already has at least 5 classwork/test/quiz grades for each class. Do the grades that she's been accruing get dropped and she starts over from scratch with the new teachers, or do they carry over from the former teachers? Again, it's the same AP courses but just different teachers.

I teach AP in PGCPS, but I imagine it would be the same policy: The grades transfer from the other teachers.

Just to add, when we get new students who enroll in the middle of a marking period, their previous school sends their transcript so we can incorporate grades already earned that quarter. IOW, the norm is NOT to start grading from scratch.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DD decided to drop a class, and two of her AP classes have changed to new teachers. It seems like the teachers are making their own tests, and strangely the teachers have started on different units so testing topics are different all together.

Looking at grades, it seems like DD already has at least 5 classwork/test/quiz grades for each class. Do the grades that she's been accruing get dropped and she starts over from scratch with the new teachers, or do they carry over from the former teachers? Again, it's the same AP courses but just different teachers.

I teach AP in PGCPS, but I imagine it would be the same policy: The grades transfer from the other teachers.

Just to add, when we get new students who enroll in the middle of a marking period, their previous school sends their transcript so we can incorporate grades already earned that quarter. IOW, the norm is NOT to start grading from scratch.

Sorry, to clarify again-- We don't grade from scratch when students are moved to another teacher within our school nor when the students come from another school altogether.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DD decided to drop a class, and two of her AP classes have changed to new teachers. It seems like the teachers are making their own tests, and strangely the teachers have started on different units so testing topics are different all together.

Looking at grades, it seems like DD already has at least 5 classwork/test/quiz grades for each class. Do the grades that she's been accruing get dropped and she starts over from scratch with the new teachers, or do they carry over from the former teachers? Again, it's the same AP courses but just different teachers.

I teach AP in PGCPS, but I imagine it would be the same policy: The grades transfer from the other teachers.

Just to add, when we get new students who enroll in the middle of a marking period, their previous school sends their transcript so we can incorporate grades already earned that quarter. IOW, the norm is NOT to start grading from scratch.

Sorry, to clarify again-- We don't grade from scratch when students are moved to another teacher within our school nor when the students come from another school altogether.

Thank you for this. Very helpful. I guess it was confusing because for one AP class, DD's former teacher decided to start on Unit 4 but her new teacher started on Unit 1. And given that tests are made by each teacher, it seems confusing.

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Anonymous wrote:DD decided to drop a class, and two of her AP classes have changed to new teachers. It seems like the teachers are making their own tests, and strangely the teachers have started on different units so testing topics are different all together.

Looking at grades, it seems like DD already has at least 5 classwork/test/quiz grades for each class. Do the grades that she's been accruing get dropped and she starts over from scratch with the new teachers, or do they carry over from the former teachers? Again, it's the same AP courses but just different teachers.

I teach AP in PGCPS, but I imagine it would be the same policy: The grades transfer from the other teachers.

Just to add, when we get new students who enroll in the middle of a marking period, their previous school sends their transcript so we can incorporate grades already earned that quarter. IOW, the norm is NOT to start grading from scratch.

Sorry, to clarify again-- We don't grade from scratch when students are moved to another teacher within our school nor when the students come from another school altogether.

Thank you for this. Very helpful. I guess it was confusing because for one AP class, DD's former teacher decided to start on Unit 4 but her new teacher started on Unit 1. And given that tests are made by each teacher, it seems confusing.

You don't mention which AP class this is, but I teach AP Government. It is generally recommended to teach the units in their established order, which I normally do. Since this year is an election year, I have switched things around so that I can teach any topics related to campaigns and elections first. I hate to waste an opportunity to make my lessons more relevant! Perhaps one of your daughter's teachers has made a similar calculation?

[Anonymous]

My son got moved from Alg II to H. Alg II in the middle of Q1 last year. All of his Alg II grades transferred to his H. Alg II class. There was a 2 week period or so where he would meet with his H. Alg II teacher at lunch to get caught up to speed in class. The first AT in H. Alg II was excused and then he just melded into the class. This was at Churchill.

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Anonymous wrote:DD decided to drop a class, and two of her AP classes have changed to new teachers. It seems like the teachers are making their own tests, and strangely the teachers have started on different units so testing topics are different all together.

Looking at grades, it seems like DD already has at least 5 classwork/test/quiz grades for each class. Do the grades that she's been accruing get dropped and she starts over from scratch with the new teachers, or do they carry over from the former teachers? Again, it's the same AP courses but just different teachers.

I teach AP in PGCPS, but I imagine it would be the same policy: The grades transfer from the other teachers.

Just to add, when we get new students who enroll in the middle of a marking period, their previous school sends their transcript so we can incorporate grades already earned that quarter. IOW, the norm is NOT to start grading from scratch.

Sorry, to clarify again-- We don't grade from scratch when students are moved to another teacher within our school nor when the students come from another school altogether.

Not directly relevant to OP but in case others reading - My DC’s grades were not carried over from previous school during a mid-quarter transfer. I don’t know how that would even work unless it was within MCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:DD decided to drop a class, and two of her AP classes have changed to new teachers. It seems like the teachers are making their own tests, and strangely the teachers have started on different units so testing topics are different all together.

Looking at grades, it seems like DD already has at least 5 classwork/test/quiz grades for each class. Do the grades that she's been accruing get dropped and she starts over from scratch with the new teachers, or do they carry over from the former teachers? Again, it's the same AP courses but just different teachers.

I teach AP in PGCPS, but I imagine it would be the same policy: The grades transfer from the other teachers.

Just to add, when we get new students who enroll in the middle of a marking period, their previous school sends their transcript so we can incorporate grades already earned that quarter. IOW, the norm is NOT to start grading from scratch.

Sorry, to clarify again-- We don't grade from scratch when students are moved to another teacher within our school nor when the students come from another school altogether.

Thank you for this. Very helpful. I guess it was confusing because for one AP class, DD's former teacher decided to start on Unit 4 but her new teacher started on Unit 1. And given that tests are made by each teacher, it seems confusing.

You don't mention which AP class this is, but I teach AP Government. It is generally recommended to teach the units in their established order, which I normally do. Since this year is an election year, I have switched things around so that I can teach any topics related to campaigns and elections first. I hate to waste an opportunity to make my lessons more relevant! Perhaps one of your daughter's teachers has made a similar calculation?

OP here.
Both are AP Science classes, so I think they are teachers' preferences with which unit to start. The way you have switched it to take advantage of the learning based on an election year makes a lot of sense.

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Anonymous wrote:DD decided to drop a class, and two of her AP classes have changed to new teachers. It seems like the teachers are making their own tests, and strangely the teachers have started on different units so testing topics are different all together.

Looking at grades, it seems like DD already has at least 5 classwork/test/quiz grades for each class. Do the grades that she's been accruing get dropped and she starts over from scratch with the new teachers, or do they carry over from the former teachers? Again, it's the same AP courses but just different teachers.

I teach AP in PGCPS, but I imagine it would be the same policy: The grades transfer from the other teachers.

Just to add, when we get new students who enroll in the middle of a marking period, their previous school sends their transcript so we can incorporate grades already earned that quarter. IOW, the norm is NOT to start grading from scratch.

Sorry, to clarify again-- We don't grade from scratch when students are moved to another teacher within our school nor when the students come from another school altogether.

Thank you for this. Very helpful. I guess it was confusing because for one AP class, DD's former teacher decided to start on Unit 4 but her new teacher started on Unit 1. And given that tests are made by each teacher, it seems confusing.

You don't mention which AP class this is, but I teach AP Government. It is generally recommended to teach the units in their established order, which I normally do. Since this year is an election year, I have switched things around so that I can teach any topics related to campaigns and elections first. I hate to waste an opportunity to make my lessons more relevant! Perhaps one of your daughter's teachers has made a similar calculation?

OP here.
Both are AP Science classes, so I think they are teachers' preferences with which unit to start. The way you have switched it to take advantage of the learning based on an election year makes a lot of sense.

Sometimes when there are many sections of the same science class in a school, they have to be taught in slightly different orders based on limitation of lab equipment.

I agree with prior advice to reach out to teacher and ask.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DD decided to drop a class, and two of her AP classes have changed to new teachers. It seems like the teachers are making their own tests, and strangely the teachers have started on different units so testing topics are different all together.

Looking at grades, it seems like DD already has at least 5 classwork/test/quiz grades for each class. Do the grades that she's been accruing get dropped and she starts over from scratch with the new teachers, or do they carry over from the former teachers? Again, it's the same AP courses but just different teachers.

I teach AP in PGCPS, but I imagine it would be the same policy: The grades transfer from the other teachers.

Print out your student's grade in the classes. Unless the originating teacher takes steps to transfer the grades to the new teacher, the grades can disappear in the system. If you have a back-up copy of the grades, you have what you might need.

[Anonymous]

My child's grades were not transferred over from the other class but we never asked about it. Everything was the same grade throughout so it wouldn't have made a difference. If it would have made a difference positive or negative I would have asked.

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Anonymous wrote:DD decided to drop a class, and two of her AP classes have changed to new teachers. It seems like the teachers are making their own tests, and strangely the teachers have started on different units so testing topics are different all together.

Looking at grades, it seems like DD already has at least 5 classwork/test/quiz grades for each class. Do the grades that she's been accruing get dropped and she starts over from scratch with the new teachers, or do they carry over from the former teachers? Again, it's the same AP courses but just different teachers.

I teach AP in PGCPS, but I imagine it would be the same policy: The grades transfer from the other teachers.

Just to add, when we get new students who enroll in the middle of a marking period, their previous school sends their transcript so we can incorporate grades already earned that quarter. IOW, the norm is NOT to start grading from scratch.

Sorry, to clarify again-- We don't grade from scratch when students are moved to another teacher within our school nor when the students come from another school altogether.

Thank you for this. Very helpful. I guess it was confusing because for one AP class, DD's former teacher decided to start on Unit 4 but her new teacher started on Unit 1. And given that tests are made by each teacher, it seems confusing.

You don't mention which AP class this is, but I teach AP Government. It is generally recommended to teach the units in their established order, which I normally do. Since this year is an election year, I have switched things around so that I can teach any topics related to campaigns and elections first. I hate to waste an opportunity to make my lessons more relevant! Perhaps one of your daughter's teachers has made a similar calculation?

There is nothing requiring teachers to present the units in order, OP, so definitely don't make a stink. - another AP teacher