All secondary classes will have homework next year(even PE)

[Anonymous]

By that, you can have one HW assignment and make it 0.00005% of the grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The homework is a small part of the grade and I don’t think that adding homework to all classes is a bad thing. MY kid had homework in 7th grade this year, 90% of the time he could finish it in school. He had friends who were working on it at home. I don’t think this is a huge change for Honors and AAP classes.

What thrills me is that they are starting to course correct the retakes. No more 100% retake options. You have to score below a 90% and can only earn up to a 90%. I would guess that they choose that threshold because the majority of retakes were kids scoring 90-93% and wanting an A.

If true that majority of retakes were kids who scored 90-93 and don’t want them to be able to retake, then stop ALL retakes. But if a B+ kid can retake to get an A- and a B kid can retake to get an A- and so on down the line, then an A- kid should be able to retake to improve their grade too. Either allow grade improvement for all or just shut retakes down entirely, which the latter is what assume teachers would prefer.

Tell your child to work harder:

Reassessment: The summative reassessment maximum will be set at 90%. This means that students who receive lower than a 90% on a summative assessment will be eligible for one reassessment attempt, and the maximum score which can be earned on the reassessment will be capped at 90%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The homework is a small part of the grade and I don’t think that adding homework to all classes is a bad thing. MY kid had homework in 7th grade this year, 90% of the time he could finish it in school. He had friends who were working on it at home. I don’t think this is a huge change for Honors and AAP classes.

What thrills me is that they are starting to course correct the retakes. No more 100% retake options. You have to score below a 90% and can only earn up to a 90%. I would guess that they choose that threshold because the majority of retakes were kids scoring 90-93% and wanting an A.

If true that majority of retakes were kids who scored 90-93 and don’t want them to be able to retake, then stop ALL retakes. But if a B+ kid can retake to get an A- and a B kid can retake to get an A- and so on down the line, then an A- kid should be able to retake to improve their grade too. Either allow grade improvement for all or just shut retakes down entirely, which the latter is what assume teachers would prefer.

Tell your child to work harder:

Reassessment: The summative reassessment maximum will be set at 90%. This means that students who receive lower than a 90% on a summative assessment will be eligible for one reassessment attempt, and the maximum score which can be earned on the reassessment will be capped at 90%.

Absolutely fine with the kids should work harder approach as long as it is ALL kids and shut down all reassessment opportunities. Wither all retakes or don’t buy cut-off for some is what against. And if the argument is it’s all the A minus kids only that do retakes, then shutting down retakes for all as the solution should not bother anyone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The homework is a small part of the grade and I don’t think that adding homework to all classes is a bad thing. MY kid had homework in 7th grade this year, 90% of the time he could finish it in school. He had friends who were working on it at home. I don’t think this is a huge change for Honors and AAP classes.

What thrills me is that they are starting to course correct the retakes. No more 100% retake options. You have to score below a 90% and can only earn up to a 90%. I would guess that they choose that threshold because the majority of retakes were kids scoring 90-93% and wanting an A.

If true that majority of retakes were kids who scored 90-93 and don’t want them to be able to retake, then stop ALL retakes. But if a B+ kid can retake to get an A- and a B kid can retake to get an A- and so on down the line, then an A- kid should be able to retake to improve their grade too. Either allow grade improvement for all or just shut retakes down entirely, which the latter is what assume teachers would prefer.

Tell your child to work harder:

Reassessment: The summative reassessment maximum will be set at 90%. This means that students who receive lower than a 90% on a summative assessment will be eligible for one reassessment attempt, and the maximum score which can be earned on the reassessment will be capped at 90%.

Absolutely fine with the kids should work harder approach as long as it is ALL kids and shut down all reassessment opportunities. Eliminate all retakes or don’t, but cut-off for some is what am against. And if the argument is it’s all the A minus kids only that do retakes, then shutting down retakes for all as the solution should not bother anyone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The homework is a small part of the grade and I don’t think that adding homework to all classes is a bad thing. MY kid had homework in 7th grade this year, 90% of the time he could finish it in school. He had friends who were working on it at home. I don’t think this is a huge change for Honors and AAP classes.

What thrills me is that they are starting to course correct the retakes. No more 100% retake options. You have to score below a 90% and can only earn up to a 90%. I would guess that they choose that threshold because the majority of retakes were kids scoring 90-93% and wanting an A.

If true that majority of retakes were kids who scored 90-93 and don’t want them to be able to retake, then stop ALL retakes. But if a B+ kid can retake to get an A- and a B kid can retake to get an A- and so on down the line, then an A- kid should be able to retake to improve their grade too. Either allow grade improvement for all or just shut retakes down entirely, which the latter is what assume teachers would prefer.

Tell your child to work harder:

Reassessment: The summative reassessment maximum will be set at 90%. This means that students who receive lower than a 90% on a summative assessment will be eligible for one reassessment attempt, and the maximum score which can be earned on the reassessment will be capped at 90%.

Absolutely fine with the kids should work harder approach as long as it is ALL kids and shut down all reassessment opportunities. Wither all retakes or don’t buy cut-off for some is what against. And if the argument is it’s all the A minus kids only that do retakes, then shutting down retakes for all as the solution should not bother anyone else.

I would be happy if they returned to anyone under a B- and capped it at a B-. That might encourage kids who have a C or a D to retake and learn the material, they need the mediation. A B means that the student knows the material but they have not necessarily mastered the material, they are not making more advanced connections. An A means that the kid has mastered the material. Those kids probably need to study a bit more before the test or ask the teacher how to make the jump in grade. A kid with a C or a D need to still learn the material. Encouraging them to retake a test and improve their understanding makes sense to me. That was the policy in 2023-2024 and it made sense to me. The other benefit was that it didn't overwhelm the teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Homework in PE would be ludicrous.

NP: we have been instructed that all classes must grade at least one homework assignment per week, for correctness. Math, English, PE, ceramics…doesn’t matter.

Once again vague enough that every school will implement differently.

[Anonymous]

Ah Sloan presidio still around and doing his thing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Homework in PE would be ludicrous.

NP: we have been instructed that all classes must grade at least one homework assignment per week, for correctness. Math, English, PE, ceramics…doesn’t matter.

Once again vague enough that every school will implement differently.

why do they do this??? This year finally seemed to go well and now they throw these curveballs. This is so much work for the teachers. And will just lead to multiple choice/delta math type homework which is not all sufficient for the honors and AP classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The homework is a small part of the grade and I don’t think that adding homework to all classes is a bad thing. MY kid had homework in 7th grade this year, 90% of the time he could finish it in school. He had friends who were working on it at home. I don’t think this is a huge change for Honors and AAP classes.

What thrills me is that they are starting to course correct the retakes. No more 100% retake options. You have to score below a 90% and can only earn up to a 90%. I would guess that they choose that threshold because the majority of retakes were kids scoring 90-93% and wanting an A.

If true that majority of retakes were kids who scored 90-93 and don’t want them to be able to retake, then stop ALL retakes. But if a B+ kid can retake to get an A- and a B kid can retake to get an A- and so on down the line, then an A- kid should be able to retake to improve their grade too. Either allow grade improvement for all or just shut retakes down entirely, which the latter is what assume teachers would prefer.

Tell your child to work harder:

Reassessment: The summative reassessment maximum will be set at 90%. This means that students who receive lower than a 90% on a summative assessment will be eligible for one reassessment attempt, and the maximum score which can be earned on the reassessment will be capped at 90%.

Absolutely fine with the kids should work harder approach as long as it is ALL kids and shut down all reassessment opportunities. Eliminate all retakes or don’t, but cut-off for some is what am against. And if the argument is it’s all the A minus kids only that do retakes, then shutting down retakes for all as the solution should not bother anyone else.

Perhaps I am misunderstanding your comment, but the policy has to be this way. If the max score on a retake is capped at 90%, there is no benefit for a kid who scored 90% or better in retaking the test. The capped value would prevent their score from improving.

[Anonymous]

So the dumb retake policy is staying?

Changing it from 100% max to 90% solves nothing.

[Anonymous]

They just look like idiots changing something as fundamental as grading every single year.

Come up with a policy. Stick to it for Gods sake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So the dumb retake policy is staying?

Changing it from 100% max to 90% solves nothing.

I would bet that the vast majority of retakes were kids who scored a 90% and wanted to get to a 93% or higher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Homework in PE would be ludicrous.

NP: we have been instructed that all classes must grade at least one homework assignment per week, for correctness. Math, English, PE, ceramics…doesn’t matter.

Once again vague enough that every school will implement differently.

If true, this is the dumbest idea ever once again from people who haven't been in a classroom in ages or ever. Grading homework for correctness absolutely guarantees the kids will run it through AI and won't get practice. Meanwhile we'll spend hours grading AI.

[Anonymous]

Homework is supposed to be for practice and a chance to make mistakes and get feedback in order to improve before the test. What if a teacher doesn’t teach the concept well? These poor kids are already under so much pressure, now they have to worry about their homework being graded for correctness? This is asinine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The homework is a small part of the grade and I don’t think that adding homework to all classes is a bad thing. MY kid had homework in 7th grade this year, 90% of the time he could finish it in school. He had friends who were working on it at home. I don’t think this is a huge change for Honors and AAP classes.

What thrills me is that they are starting to course correct the retakes. No more 100% retake options. You have to score below a 90% and can only earn up to a 90%. I would guess that they choose that threshold because the majority of retakes were kids scoring 90-93% and wanting an A.

If true that majority of retakes were kids who scored 90-93 and don’t want them to be able to retake, then stop ALL retakes. But if a B+ kid can retake to get an A- and a B kid can retake to get an A- and so on down the line, then an A- kid should be able to retake to improve their grade too. Either allow grade improvement for all or just shut retakes down entirely, which the latter is what assume teachers would prefer.

Tell your child to work harder:

Reassessment: The summative reassessment maximum will be set at 90%. This means that students who receive lower than a 90% on a summative assessment will be eligible for one reassessment attempt, and the maximum score which can be earned on the reassessment will be capped at 90%.

Absolutely fine with the kids should work harder approach as long as it is ALL kids and shut down all reassessment opportunities. Eliminate all retakes or don’t, but cut-off for some is what am against. And if the argument is it’s all the A minus kids only that do retakes, then shutting down retakes for all as the solution should not bother anyone else.

Perhaps I am misunderstanding your comment, but the policy has to be this way. If the max score on a retake is capped at 90%, there is no benefit for a kid who scored 90% or better in retaking the test. The capped value would prevent their score from improving.

Should worthy be everyone can retake or not at all. No solid argument to support why kid that scores 90 cannot try to improve their grade other than some people think they shouldn’t. If that is the case then I think a B and a C are a good and passing grade and so is a D so the only kids that should be allowed to retake are those that failed. Others earned the grade they got and should be set at that grade. Or if people think any other passing grade should get a chance to improve, then all should be allowed chance to retake and up to A/100.