Do all schools (public/private) inflate grades now, allow test retakes until the kid gets a higher grade?

[Anonymous]

So aggravated, our private, parochial school only allows one retake only for a "C." Other private and public schools in our area allow kids to take tests over as many times as they want, their seniors are going to ivy and top ten schools. Our parochial high school has kids going to mid tier and below colleges, so much for college prep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So aggravated, our private, parochial school only allows one retake only for a "C." Other private and public schools in our area allow kids to take tests over as many times as they want, their seniors are going to ivy and top ten schools. Our parochial high school has kids going to mid tier and below colleges, so much for college prep.

The students at your school still have their SAT / ACT scores. How are those?

[Anonymous]

I can only speak to FCPS; I have two children in different FCPS high schools.

FCPS pulled back from grade inflation by widespread implementation of "skills-based grading" / equity grading. There are myriad threads on SBG in FCPS here on DCUMAD; use the search function (the information is highly tainted by political opinion, however).


The effect has been, as intended, to increase the grades of students at the lower end (fewer Fs and easier to earn a C) while making it more difficult to earn an A, especially in Honors and AP classes.

Implementation of SBG varies by school and even by teacher.

[Anonymous]

No. Stop the victim mentality. Our MCPS kid gets retakes very very occasionally.

[Anonymous]

Your parochial school doesn't have very strong students. Grades are only looked at in comparison to class rank and system rank, not to totally different schools systems.

[Anonymous]

Many privates do not allow any retakes.

[Anonymous]

One of the things I like best about our private is no retakes and no late work.
A couple teachers accept late work with penalty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many privates do not allow any retakes.

My .gov career position does not allow “retakes.” Universities generally do not allow “retakes.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can only speak to FCPS; I have two children in different FCPS high schools.

FCPS pulled back from grade inflation by widespread implementation of "skills-based grading" / equity grading. There are myriad threads on SBG in FCPS here on DCUMAD; use the search function (the information is highly tainted by political opinion, however).


The effect has been, as intended, to increase the grades of students at the lower end (fewer Fs and easier to earn a C) while making it more difficult to earn an A, especially in Honors and AP classes.

Implementation of SBG varies by school and even by teacher.

If students having difficulty with the curriculum are helped by changed made that’s a good thing. If it’s more difficult to get an A in AP that’s a good thing. If everyone gets an A it cheapens the class and makes it less impressive.

[Anonymous]

No retakes in my kid’s Catholic MS or HS. He does get a HW grade for test corrections so he learns from his mistakes.

One day late and he gets a a 25% deduction and two days late is a zero.

[Anonymous]

Private school, no retakes for DC. Some teachers vary the ‘acceptance’ of late work and the associated penalties.

[Anonymous]

It varies by teacher at my kids' school. When retakes are allowed, the kids have to do a lot of extra review work to earn the right to do a retake. The extra work is enough of a burden that kids are better off studying and doing well the first time. It also cuts down on kids with a 85%+ choosing to do the retake at all. I'm pretty sure that for most of the teachers, the final grade for an exam is the average of the first score and the retake.

[Anonymous]

My child’s independent high school doesn’t allow ANY retakes. Got a 50%? Too bad.

You had to do virtual one day and other classes were shortened by snow delays? No, the test isn’t postponed. Oh, and everyone in class got a C or lower on the test (because you had 1/3 less class time to prepare for the test)? Too bad. (These are examples that happened this year and last year).

You can hand in one assignment late a marking period, if you give 48 hour notice and meet with the teacher to explain why you are asking for a grace period. The syllabus lists assignments where the grace period is not applicable and it’s at the discretion of the teacher whether or not to grant one.

I’d say your kid has it easy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Private school, no retakes for DC. Some teachers vary the ‘acceptance’ of late work and the associated penalties.

This plus, occasionally, a teacher might offer a way for students to "earn back points" through corrections or by adding a project related to the topic, but this is something that seems to happen when the whole class bombs a test.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. Stop the victim mentality. Our MCPS kid gets retakes very very occasionally.

Same -- for all the talk of the constant retakes allowed in MCPS, my kid almost never has the option.