Are HS teachers required to allow 1 retake?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a requirement to offer one per marking period. However, even as a fellow teacher, I was unable to get one particular English teacher to comply. I documented her refusal. Sent it to the department head and grade level administrator. Nothing ever happened.

Maybe focus your efforts on getting your kid to study the first time. No wonder there’s a teacher shortage.

Again, I myself is a teacher. Providing one retakable assessment a marking period —as required by MCPS— is not causing anyone to exit teaching who shouldn’t leave anyway. In my child’s case, she was a straight A student overall. It was excessively stressful to have a teacher refuse any makeups all year. The result was a ninth grader petrified to miss even a few days of instruction for death of her grandfather and Lyme disease.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not a requirement anywhere in MCPS or elsewhere. It might be a teacher's own policy to allow a make up in "exceptional circumstances".

This is false.

The Grading and reporting updates Google Doc shared with all secondary teachers explicitly states “Students should have multiple opportunities for reassessment each marking period.”

That is generic. Could be referring to homework.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not a requirement anywhere in MCPS or elsewhere. It might be a teacher's own policy to allow a make up in "exceptional circumstances".

This is false.

The Grading and reporting updates Google Doc shared with all secondary teachers explicitly states “Students should have multiple opportunities for reassessment each marking period.”

That is generic. Could be referring to homework.

Homework isn’t an assessment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For most classes, my children have been allowed retakes on quizzes and tests, but not on assessments

What's the diff between a quiz, test, and assessment?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a requirement to offer one per marking period. However, even as a fellow teacher, I was unable to get one particular English teacher to comply. I documented her refusal. Sent it to the department head and grade level administrator. Nothing ever happened.

Maybe focus your efforts on getting your kid to study the first time. No wonder there’s a teacher shortage.

Again, I myself is a teacher. Providing one retakable assessment a marking period —as required by MCPS— is not causing anyone to exit teaching who shouldn’t leave anyway. In my child’s case, she was a straight A student overall. It was excessively stressful to have a teacher refuse any makeups all year. The result was a ninth grader petrified to miss even a few days of instruction for death of her grandfather and Lyme disease.

Why? Sounds like she needs therapy and meds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not a requirement anywhere in MCPS or elsewhere. It might be a teacher's own policy to allow a make up in "exceptional circumstances".

This is false.

The Grading and reporting updates Google Doc shared with all secondary teachers explicitly states “Students should have multiple opportunities for reassessment each marking period.”

That is generic. Could be referring to homework.

Homework isn’t an assessment.

Exactly. Homework is only graded for completion and it doesn’t matter if it is completely wrong because your child earns full points for any attempt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a requirement to offer one per marking period. However, even as a fellow teacher, I was unable to get one particular English teacher to comply. I documented her refusal. Sent it to the department head and grade level administrator. Nothing ever happened.

Maybe focus your efforts on getting your kid to study the first time. No wonder there’s a teacher shortage.

Again, I myself is a teacher. Providing one retakable assessment a marking period —as required by MCPS— is not causing anyone to exit teaching who shouldn’t leave anyway. In my child’s case, she was a straight A student overall. It was excessively stressful to have a teacher refuse any makeups all year. The result was a ninth grader petrified to miss even a few days of instruction for death of her grandfather and Lyme disease.

Why? Sounds like she needs therapy and meds.

You sound like you need a compassion transplant.

[Anonymous]

"I myself is a teacher"
OMG go back to school and learn basic grammar!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The grading becomes completely unmanageable for core classes if you allow retakes

We’re talking about teachers who do not allow even one retake.
—MCPS teacher who allows 2-3 a marking period.

We have several teachers who are not allowing any retakes and many kids are failing the class. They give a quiz every week, with only a few questions on the test (often just two), so if you get one wrong or even partially wrong you fail and the entire test.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a requirement to offer one per marking period. However, even as a fellow teacher, I was unable to get one particular English teacher to comply. I documented her refusal. Sent it to the department head and grade level administrator. Nothing ever happened.

Maybe focus your efforts on getting your kid to study the first time. No wonder there’s a teacher shortage.

Again, I myself is a teacher. Providing one retakable assessment a marking period —as required by MCPS— is not causing anyone to exit teaching who shouldn’t leave anyway. In my child’s case, she was a straight A student overall. It was excessively stressful to have a teacher refuse any makeups all year. The result was a ninth grader petrified to miss even a few days of instruction for death of her grandfather and Lyme disease.

Why? Sounds like she needs therapy and meds.

Not that poster but we are having this issue too. My kid missed one class for another class thing and the teacher has refused to make up the assignment so we will not be consenting to our child participating in the other class if it means the academics suffer. It's not fair if it's a legit reasons. Our child will miss a funeral to go to school coming up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not. Especially in high school. Study and ask for help.

SCOTUS should rule on this! It's so terrible that this is true and just another example of how MCPS is a disaster!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not a requirement anywhere in MCPS or elsewhere. It might be a teacher's own policy to allow a make up in "exceptional circumstances".

This is false.

The Grading and reporting updates Google Doc shared with all secondary teachers explicitly states “Students should have multiple opportunities for reassessment each marking period.”

That is generic. Could be referring to homework.

And how are overburdened teachers supposed to keep up with this? How do teachers continue on with lessons while simultaneously going backwards for tons of kids?

No wonder there is a teacher shortage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The grading becomes completely unmanageable for core classes if you allow retakes

We’re talking about teachers who do not allow even one retake.
—MCPS teacher who allows 2-3 a marking period.

How many students do you have?
I have a total of 152.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a requirement to offer one per marking period. However, even as a fellow teacher, I was unable to get one particular English teacher to comply. I documented her refusal. Sent it to the department head and grade level administrator. Nothing ever happened.

Maybe focus your efforts on getting your kid to study the first time. No wonder there’s a teacher shortage.

Again, I myself is a teacher. Providing one retakable assessment a marking period —as required by MCPS— is not causing anyone to exit teaching who shouldn’t leave anyway. In my child’s case, she was a straight A student overall. It was excessively stressful to have a teacher refuse any makeups all year. The result was a ninth grader petrified to miss even a few days of instruction for death of her grandfather and Lyme disease.

The obsession with being a straight A student is part of the problem. Kids need to realize that 1 or a few Bs is not the end of the world. And is your child freaking out about quarter 1? She can get her A for the semester by getting an A in quarter 2. Be a parent and encourage your child to relax a little

[Anonymous]

I offer retakes and I can't even tell you how many students don't take me up on it.