APS marking period/grading question

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know whether there is an Arlington Public Schools policy that governs what marking period an assessment is included in? For example, if the last day of the second marking period is 1/29, and a quiz is taken on 1/27, does the teacher have discretion to decide that the quiz grade will be included in the third marking period (even though it occurred in the second)? Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Funny I was wondering the same Because my highschoolers teacher just graded like 10 things today, which is confusing because they are all from last quarter. These items were not turned in late.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know whether there is an Arlington Public Schools policy that governs what marking period an assessment is included in? For example, if the last day of the second marking period is 1/29, and a quiz is taken on 1/27, does the teacher have discretion to decide that the quiz grade will be included in the third marking period (even though it occurred in the second)? Thanks!

My middle schooler said that last week teachers told them that certain assignments/quizzes would apply to Q3 so that the teacher would have more time to grade. There seems to be some flexibility.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know whether there is an Arlington Public Schools policy that governs what marking period an assessment is included in? For example, if the last day of the second marking period is 1/29, and a quiz is taken on 1/27, does the teacher have discretion to decide that the quiz grade will be included in the third marking period (even though it occurred in the second)? Thanks!

The teacher has to be able to provide for remediation and retakes for an assessment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know whether there is an Arlington Public Schools policy that governs what marking period an assessment is included in? For example, if the last day of the second marking period is 1/29, and a quiz is taken on 1/27, does the teacher have discretion to decide that the quiz grade will be included in the third marking period (even though it occurred in the second)? Thanks!

The teacher has to be able to provide for remediation and retakes for an assessment.

Only for summative and only if original score was below an 80. Teachers do not have to allow for quizzes to be retake, but can at their discretion

[Anonymous]

the teachers can put an assignment in whatever quarter they want. as a teacher, I generally assign quarter 3 work starting in the last week of quarter 2 to allow more time for remediation and students to turn it in. that being said, once quarter 2 grades are officially posted (2/4 is this quarter's close date), I can't add things from the future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know whether there is an Arlington Public Schools policy that governs what marking period an assessment is included in? For example, if the last day of the second marking period is 1/29, and a quiz is taken on 1/27, does the teacher have discretion to decide that the quiz grade will be included in the third marking period (even though it occurred in the second)? Thanks!

The teacher has to be able to provide for remediation and retakes for an assessment.

Only for summative and only if original score was below an 80. Teachers do not have to allow for quizzes to be retake, but can at their discretion

They also need time for make ups in case a kid is out sick. That's not optional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:the teachers can put an assignment in whatever quarter they want. as a teacher, I generally assign quarter 3 work starting in the last week of quarter 2 to allow more time for remediation and students to turn it in. that being said, once quarter 2 grades are officially posted (2/4 is this quarter's close date), I can't add things from the future.

So I get this for assignments for which you are setting a due date in quarter 3, but for a quiz that's taken in quarter 2? It's just entirely at a teacher's discretion to choose which quarter to place the grade in? Isn't this why there are 2 days off schools for grading days at the end of the quarter? I don't understand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the teachers can put an assignment in whatever quarter they want. as a teacher, I generally assign quarter 3 work starting in the last week of quarter 2 to allow more time for remediation and students to turn it in. that being said, once quarter 2 grades are officially posted (2/4 is this quarter's close date), I can't add things from the future.

So I get this for assignments for which you are setting a due date in quarter 3, but for a quiz that's taken in quarter 2? It's just entirely at a teacher's discretion to choose which quarter to place the grade in? Isn't this why there are 2 days off schools for grading days at the end of the quarter? I don't understand.

I am guessing your kid did well on this quiz and needed the grade? The opposite is often true- that it is more generous on the part of the teacher to put it in the next quarter. What if precious had had an “A” all quarter, bombed his quiz, and then had no time to recover from that? Someone would complain then, too. Poor teachers. They’re damned no matter what they do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the teachers can put an assignment in whatever quarter they want. as a teacher, I generally assign quarter 3 work starting in the last week of quarter 2 to allow more time for remediation and students to turn it in. that being said, once quarter 2 grades are officially posted (2/4 is this quarter's close date), I can't add things from the future.

So I get this for assignments for which you are setting a due date in quarter 3, but for a quiz that's taken in quarter 2? It's just entirely at a teacher's discretion to choose which quarter to place the grade in? Isn't this why there are 2 days off schools for grading days at the end of the quarter? I don't understand.

I can help you understand this. The teachers got one day at the end of the quarter. The other one was dedicated to professional development. That one day is often used to report on IEPs, grade late work, etc. It’s not like the quiz is not going to count.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the teachers can put an assignment in whatever quarter they want. as a teacher, I generally assign quarter 3 work starting in the last week of quarter 2 to allow more time for remediation and students to turn it in. that being said, once quarter 2 grades are officially posted (2/4 is this quarter's close date), I can't add things from the future.

So I get this for assignments for which you are setting a due date in quarter 3, but for a quiz that's taken in quarter 2? It's just entirely at a teacher's discretion to choose which quarter to place the grade in? Isn't this why there are 2 days off schools for grading days at the end of the quarter? I don't understand.

PP you quoted - it has nothing to do with me inputting grades. It has everything to do with giving students the extended time they need and grace to students who are already crunched at the end of the quarter trying to raise their Q2 grades. By giving them a Q3 assignment, they can put it lower on the priority list and focus on Q2 things. I can't just not teach new material or give new assessments, so I view the last week of the quarter as a "buffer period" where I'm not piling on their already heavy workload. I thought I was helping students, but your attitude about me getting plenty of time to grade shows me that you can't please everybody

[Anonymous]

Okay - just to clarify, I was saying that I understand assigning work and making it due in Q3 to give kids more time when they are crunched with end of marking period things. That certainly seems helpful to students. My point was that where a quiz/test actually occurs in Q2, I’m surprised there is discretion to move the grade for it into a different marking period. I also get that will hurt some students and help others but figured that’s all the more reason there would be hard and fast criteria for which marking period it falls in based on the test date and the marking period end date, rather than a more discretionary decision.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the teachers can put an assignment in whatever quarter they want. as a teacher, I generally assign quarter 3 work starting in the last week of quarter 2 to allow more time for remediation and students to turn it in. that being said, once quarter 2 grades are officially posted (2/4 is this quarter's close date), I can't add things from the future.

So I get this for assignments for which you are setting a due date in quarter 3, but for a quiz that's taken in quarter 2? It's just entirely at a teacher's discretion to choose which quarter to place the grade in? Isn't this why there are 2 days off schools for grading days at the end of the quarter? I don't understand.

It's reasonable for the last week to have Q3 assignments. That creates a buffer for kids who are out sick or schedule changes because of snow days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Okay - just to clarify, I was saying that I understand assigning work and making it due in Q3 to give kids more time when they are crunched with end of marking period things. That certainly seems helpful to students. My point was that where a quiz/test actually occurs in Q2, I’m surprised there is discretion to move the grade for it into a different marking period. I also get that will hurt some students and help others but figured that’s all the more reason there would be hard and fast criteria for which marking period it falls in based on the test date and the marking period end date, rather than a more discretionary decision.

This is not a big deal. It is not something that should cause you concern.