Teacher still hasn't graded homeworks

[Anonymous]

Today is the last day of grade period 1, but one teacher hasn't graded several homework and quiz that were submitted in early October. My understanding is the grade will be finalized next Monday. If the teacher makes mistakes in the grades, are we still allowed to contact the teacher to correct the score? ( we are asking because it happened in previous homeworks). Thanks. Is there any guidance from MCPS?

[Anonymous]

The teacher may not be including those assignments in the final grade or could push them to Q2. Did your child ask the teacher? They are the only ones who can answer this question.

[Anonymous]

Also, grading and reporting day is Monday. Grades aren't due until then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, grading and reporting day is Monday. Grades aren't due until then.

And yes, it is a PITA, but corrections can be made after the grades are in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The teacher may not be including those assignments in the final grade or could push them to Q2. Did your child ask the teacher? They are the only ones who can answer this question.

Thanks. The teacher just said I will eventually get there. Don't know what it exactly means.

[Anonymous]

Gradebook has been showing for 2 weeks that my kid has a missing assignment. Kid has asked the teacher about it several times as it's currently a 0 and dragging him down to a B. The teacher acknowledges that my kid turned it in, but teacher says he just hasn't graded it. Kid asked after class again today about it and the teacher gave a heavy sigh and said it's probably "in that stack" and pointed to what my kid described as a huge stack of papers. Kid said : you're sure you have it in there? Teacher said yes, and it would be graded on Monday. But if teacher doesn't have the paper, my kid has to just take a 0 and a B for the quarter because there is no time to dispute it? If kids have only 5 days to turn things in, teachers should also have deadlines to grade them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gradebook has been showing for 2 weeks that my kid has a missing assignment. Kid has asked the teacher about it several times as it's currently a 0 and dragging him down to a B. The teacher acknowledges that my kid turned it in, but teacher says he just hasn't graded it. Kid asked after class again today about it and the teacher gave a heavy sigh and said it's probably "in that stack" and pointed to what my kid described as a huge stack of papers. Kid said : you're sure you have it in there? Teacher said yes, and it would be graded on Monday. But if teacher doesn't have the paper, my kid has to just take a 0 and a B for the quarter because there is no time to dispute it? If kids have only 5 days to turn things in, teachers should also have deadlines to grade them.

Yeah, that's my concern too. I hope we can still have opportunities to correct the scores after Monday: my kid's teacher had put wrong scores several times. I believe she will try to grade all homeworks and exams on Monday. What if she makes mistakes again?

[Anonymous]

Are teachers able turn it in after 5 pm? I have the same issue....still unresolved as of 3 today

[Anonymous]

Anyone?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gradebook has been showing for 2 weeks that my kid has a missing assignment. Kid has asked the teacher about it several times as it's currently a 0 and dragging him down to a B. The teacher acknowledges that my kid turned it in, but teacher says he just hasn't graded it. Kid asked after class again today about it and the teacher gave a heavy sigh and said it's probably "in that stack" and pointed to what my kid described as a huge stack of papers. Kid said : you're sure you have it in there? Teacher said yes, and it would be graded on Monday. But if teacher doesn't have the paper, my kid has to just take a 0 and a B for the quarter because there is no time to dispute it? If kids have only 5 days to turn things in, teachers should also have deadlines to grade them.

So your kid saw the “huge stack” of papers.

Here’s the difference… your child is responsible for just one person: themselves. The teacher is responsible for 150-170 students. That “huge stack” of papers has to get graded at home. One assignment can take 5-6 hours to grade, and that’s just for one small stack. Your child saw a “huge” stack.

Teachers are drowning in after-hours work. Drowning.

[Anonymous]

It sucks but not sure you can do much about it. Today is grading day and unless you want to make a stink about it or it’s some egregious error, many teachers aren’t going to make the effort to fix errors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It sucks but not sure you can do much about it. Today is grading day and unless you want to make a stink about it or it’s some egregious error, many teachers aren’t going to make the effort to fix errors.

Im sympathetic to teacher's workload by also very unfair to the students

[Anonymous]

Most teachers will not correct it. We've had issues and requested it and it was always refused.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gradebook has been showing for 2 weeks that my kid has a missing assignment. Kid has asked the teacher about it several times as it's currently a 0 and dragging him down to a B. The teacher acknowledges that my kid turned it in, but teacher says he just hasn't graded it. Kid asked after class again today about it and the teacher gave a heavy sigh and said it's probably "in that stack" and pointed to what my kid described as a huge stack of papers. Kid said : you're sure you have it in there? Teacher said yes, and it would be graded on Monday. But if teacher doesn't have the paper, my kid has to just take a 0 and a B for the quarter because there is no time to dispute it? If kids have only 5 days to turn things in, teachers should also have deadlines to grade them.

So your kid saw the “huge stack” of papers.

Here’s the difference… your child is responsible for just one person: themselves. The teacher is responsible for 150-170 students. That “huge stack” of papers has to get graded at home. One assignment can take 5-6 hours to grade, and that’s just for one small stack. Your child saw a “huge” stack.

Teachers are drowning in after-hours work. Drowning.

This is a math class. The assignments do not take that long to grade. Teachers should not let a huge stack of papers pile up, they should be managing their workloads just like students -- and professionals in the working world -- are expected to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gradebook has been showing for 2 weeks that my kid has a missing assignment. Kid has asked the teacher about it several times as it's currently a 0 and dragging him down to a B. The teacher acknowledges that my kid turned it in, but teacher says he just hasn't graded it. Kid asked after class again today about it and the teacher gave a heavy sigh and said it's probably "in that stack" and pointed to what my kid described as a huge stack of papers. Kid said : you're sure you have it in there? Teacher said yes, and it would be graded on Monday. But if teacher doesn't have the paper, my kid has to just take a 0 and a B for the quarter because there is no time to dispute it? If kids have only 5 days to turn things in, teachers should also have deadlines to grade them.

So your kid saw the “huge stack” of papers.

Here’s the difference… your child is responsible for just one person: themselves. The teacher is responsible for 150-170 students. That “huge stack” of papers has to get graded at home. One assignment can take 5-6 hours to grade, and that’s just for one small stack. Your child saw a “huge” stack.

Teachers are drowning in after-hours work. Drowning.

This is a math class. The assignments do not take that long to grade. Teachers should not let a huge stack of papers pile up, they should be managing their workloads just like students -- and professionals in the working world -- are expected to.

I appreciate that argument. The problem is that most professionals receive time at work to complete work. Teachers don’t.

Those huge stacks of papers are completed at home. Therefore, grading papers competes with other obligations (feeding families, helping our own children, helping our elderly parents, etc).

No, it isn’t okay that students have to wait. But the real crime here is a situation in which grades compete with family obligations. If they were truly important, teachers would have more time at work to grade. But the system is set up to take advantage of well-meaning nurturers who will give up their time.