Teachers violating new grading policies

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are teachers really told to do all that? My kid has an 89 in one class that would be a 90 or above (an A) except for 1 missing assignment early in the school year where they failed to upload an assignment due to a tech issue, and the teacher refused to accept it via hard copy the next day.

If this new policy is supposed to be enacted, the teacher didn’t follow the appropriate rules for communication, because I never saw a “z” and they never sent a message about this.

Another life lesson - don't wait until the deadline to turn in the assignment. Things like this happen. Your kid had time to turn in the assignment on time, then how many days after the due date to turn it, and didn't turn it in.

Uh, it sounds like you didn't read the PP very well. The student tried to turn it in the next day and the teacher wouldn't accept it.

Sounds like you don't understand what a deadline is. If the deadline on the 5th, turning it in on the 6th is after the deadline.

NP, in fairness, it is confusing that there are both due dates and deadlines and they’re not synonymous in MCPS.

PP, the due date is the date by which the assignment is supposed to be turned in, but MCPS allows teachers to set a deadline after the due date, which is the last day the teacher will accept that assignment and give any credit. To get full credit, you must submit work by the due date. To get partial credit, you must submit by the deadline.

Do teachers have the freedom to make the deadline the same date as the due date?

Never heard of this in the real world. A due date and a deadline have always been the same thing in all parts of my life! Why are school districts doing this? Turn the damn thing in or your will receive a consequence.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are teachers really told to do all that? My kid has an 89 in one class that would be a 90 or above (an A) except for 1 missing assignment early in the school year where they failed to upload an assignment due to a tech issue, and the teacher refused to accept it via hard copy the next day.

If this new policy is supposed to be enacted, the teacher didn’t follow the appropriate rules for communication, because I never saw a “z” and they never sent a message about this.

Another life lesson - don't wait until the deadline to turn in the assignment. Things like this happen. Your kid had time to turn in the assignment on time, then how many days after the due date to turn it, and didn't turn it in.

Uh, it sounds like you didn't read the PP very well. The student tried to turn it in the next day and the teacher wouldn't accept it.

Sounds like you don't understand what a deadline is. If the deadline on the 5th, turning it in on the 6th is after the deadline.

NP, in fairness, it is confusing that there are both due dates and deadlines and they’re not synonymous in MCPS.

PP, the due date is the date by which the assignment is supposed to be turned in, but MCPS allows teachers to set a deadline after the due date, which is the last day the teacher will accept that assignment and give any credit. To get full credit, you must submit work by the due date. To get partial credit, you must submit by the deadline.

Do teachers have the freedom to make the deadline the same date as the due date?

I am not in MCPS, but we have due date and deadline the same for things where the assignment is gone over in class (e.g. a math worksheet) the next day or where it’s built upon the next day (e.g. fill out a graphic organizer at home, and then write the paragraph in class the next day.

Nothing else makes sense for those kinds of assignments, so hopefully MCPS has something similar.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are teachers really told to do all that? My kid has an 89 in one class that would be a 90 or above (an A) except for 1 missing assignment early in the school year where they failed to upload an assignment due to a tech issue, and the teacher refused to accept it via hard copy the next day.

If this new policy is supposed to be enacted, the teacher didn’t follow the appropriate rules for communication, because I never saw a “z” and they never sent a message about this.

Another life lesson - don't wait until the deadline to turn in the assignment. Things like this happen. Your kid had time to turn in the assignment on time, then how many days after the due date to turn it, and didn't turn it in.

Uh, it sounds like you didn't read the PP very well. The student tried to turn it in the next day and the teacher wouldn't accept it.

Sounds like you don't understand what a deadline is. If the deadline on the 5th, turning it in on the 6th is after the deadline.

NP, in fairness, it is confusing that there are both due dates and deadlines and they’re not synonymous in MCPS.

PP, the due date is the date by which the assignment is supposed to be turned in, but MCPS allows teachers to set a deadline after the due date, which is the last day the teacher will accept that assignment and give any credit. To get full credit, you must submit work by the due date. To get partial credit, you must submit by the deadline.

Do teachers have the freedom to make the deadline the same date as the due date?

Never heard of this in the real world. A due date and a deadline have always been the same thing in all parts of my life! Why are school districts doing this? Turn the damn thing in or your will receive a consequence.

We didn’t use the term “deadline” when I was in high school, but I can remember teachers would dock an additional 10% for each day late you turned in an assignment after the due date. If you turned it in 2 days late and your score would have been a 75% if you’d turned it in on time, you’d get a 55%, which was way better than a zero. This policy with a separate “deadline” is the same concept, but less punitive.

[Anonymous]

If you turn it in past the deadline in college, you get an actual zero.

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Anonymous wrote:If you turn it in past the deadline in college, you get an actual zero.

Wow thanks for sharing that useful bit of information. This is a forum that concerns MCPS which is K-12

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS can’t satisfy parents no matter what they do. First parents complain about grade inflation then they complain about strict grading policies. Why aren’t the students being held accountable for turning in late work, missing assignments, not reporting Chromebook issues in a timely manner? Its always easy to blame someone else than take responsibility for your own actions.

OMG grow up. Parents aren't some monolith that has set out to get angry at MCPS "no matter what they do". It is not up to parents to set grading policies. It is up to MCPS. MCPS needs to stop blaming parents for its poor choices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you turn it in past the deadline in college, you get an actual zero.

I had some professors who would accept late work for partial credit.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you turn it in past the deadline in college, you get an actual zero.

I had some professors who would accept late work for partial credit.

Only at crappy schools.

[Anonymous]

Your dis’s guidance counselor can inform him of how to file an appeal. Incorrect grades can be fixed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you turn it in past the deadline in college, you get an actual zero.

I had some professors who would accept late work for partial credit.

Only at crappy schools.

Only at schools that value education.

Elon Musk is en route to being a trillionaire and his work is always late.

[Anonymous]

This is a ridiculous post. OP, focus on your kid and make sure she does her work. If the teacher refused to accept the assignment that was one day past the deadline, I’m guessing your kid usually wastes class time and spends it chatting or on her phone. Teachers are more flexible with mishaps when they know a student is genuinely trying

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:If you turn it in past the deadline in college, you get an actual zero.

I had some professors who would accept late work for partial credit.

Only at crappy schools.

Only at schools that value education.

Elon Musk is en route to being a trillionaire and his work is always late.

He’s the boss and it’s his company. He can do what he wants when he wants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you turn it in past the deadline in college, you get an actual zero.

Interestingly, this was the policy at my public high school in the 2000s. College (top public school) and MA/PhD program (Ivy) were soooo much more lenient. Too much so actually. Private colleges in particular are teaching no accountability….

[Anonymous]

Have teachers been grading and entering grades within 10 days after an assignment is due?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How in the world are teachers supposed to do all of that?

Agreed, it’s too much. Kid doesn’t turn in work, shows up in interim grade. If it continues kid flunks. Parents get interim grades, they should parent.