Teacher not following accommodations

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Are former teacher and OP the same poster? Because “former teacher” is a bit unhinged.

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Did op come back to answer whether the.marking period is over? Is the teacher refusing to grade/give credit or simply delayed in doing so?

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Anonymous wrote:NP, also frustrated with these issues, especially for assignments due on the last week of the marking period, people just said ever need to be in, no room for extra time.
In some of the cases, extension are given to the whole class, and there is no extra time given to students with 504 on top of that, teacher just responded they already given extra time

the teachers like to give tests on Fridays. This means that they review on Thursdays. Then they give Larlo his test on Friday. He gets double time and should be able to finish it the next day, but the ‘next’ day is Monday. Oh, and by the way, it’s Spring Break. He can take the second half of the test in another week then. So, he is at another disadvantage to recall info from 10 days ago or study over the break.

Teacher here.
There is a ton to balance. I often give tests on Fridays because they take 8-10 hours to grade. A Friday test can get back to students on Monday for prompt feedback because I have all weekend to grade. A test any other day of the week won’t get graded until the weekend anyway because I’m already devoting 11-12 hours each day to teaching and routine tasks.

Extra time students can meet me during lunch, before school, or after school any day of the week. I regularly get to work an hour early so extra time students can start before their classmates. I regularly stay after, too.

I appreciate the needs of your student, but I also have to appreciate the needs of well over 100 others.

It sounds like you give tests when it’s best for you based on grading, though. Don’t pretend this is about the 100 other students.

….but as has been made clear on other threads, parents (and students) highly value prompt grading and feedback. So why on earth would you fault a teacher for arranging their calendar to give that????

Thank you! I’m the teacher PP. How does it benefit students to give them a test on Tuesday that I can’t return until the following Monday anyway? No, I genuinely do NOT have the 8-10 hours to grade during the week. I get no time at work to grade or plan. None. It’s entirely done during my off hours.

It is ENTIRELY in the students’ best interest to test on Friday. Does the PP think it’s in MY best interest to give up every weekend?

PP - ignore the A-hole who accused of scheduling test for your own "convenience". They are clearly not very bright or not very good at whatever it is they do if they can't recoginze how proper planning, task and time management work. FWIW - I 'm not a a teacher so not defending "my own" here, just someone who has common sense and can see how what you are doing makes sense. My kid would much rather take a test where they know they can get timely feedback than not.

It’s best for a student to take the test when he/she is ready and has had ample time to study and when the teacher feels he/she has adequately taught the material. Basing taking a test on timely feedback is odd, considering most of the tests are multiple choice and graded by a computer.

I’m guessing you’re not a teacher and you simply want to be combative. Let’s think about this logically. I said it takes 8-10 hours to grade a test. That clearly means I do not give multiple choice tests. I leave genuine, hand-written feedback. And tests when the students are prepared? Do you think that’s groundbreaking? I plan units for a living. You can find fault with my methods all you want, but here’s the truth: if your child goes to my school, you want me as the teacher.

I’m also getting really tired of nonsense like your post above. You want me to stay? Don’t make my job harder than it already is.

Wow. I don’t really care if you stay or go. I care that a student with extended time on tests would be able to get that in your class. If you give only Friday tests, I’m not sure how he/she would get it. Then the poor kid has to have extra time Monday and a lot can be lost over the weekend (or spring break like a PP mentioned). I wouldn’t want my kid in your class - mine gets extended time. Friday tests also suck because you have to spend the whole week while doing other homework to prepare for the Friday test. Kids are also exhausted on Fridays - it’s not a great testing day to begin with. I suggest you give a test on the day of the week that is best for students , including the ones who need extra time. If you give a test on Thursday, then that student could finish it Friday and you could still have your weekend time to grade it.

Before you run your mouth again, I was a teacher for FCPS and am now retired.

I’m 20:53, a current teacher and parent. Most of us are not giving long tests where students with extended time need to come back another day. The number of students with an extended time accommodation has skyrocketed in recent years. At the high school level, many of us have shortened tests to allow for 50% extended time to happen in one blocked class. Sometimes 1/3 of the class or more has this accommodation. 10-20 years ago, it was much different and our tests were meant to last a full block. Students work extended time needed to take it in parts. It’s too hard to manage when it’s a lot of students in the class and we are now mandated to give reassessments. The solution was to shorten assessments.

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Anonymous wrote:NP, also frustrated with these issues, especially for assignments due on the last week of the marking period, people just said ever need to be in, no room for extra time.
In some of the cases, extension are given to the whole class, and there is no extra time given to students with 504 on top of that, teacher just responded they already given extra time

the teachers like to give tests on Fridays. This means that they review on Thursdays. Then they give Larlo his test on Friday. He gets double time and should be able to finish it the next day, but the ‘next’ day is Monday. Oh, and by the way, it’s Spring Break. He can take the second half of the test in another week then. So, he is at another disadvantage to recall info from 10 days ago or study over the break.

Teacher here.
There is a ton to balance. I often give tests on Fridays because they take 8-10 hours to grade. A Friday test can get back to students on Monday for prompt feedback because I have all weekend to grade. A test any other day of the week won’t get graded until the weekend anyway because I’m already devoting 11-12 hours each day to teaching and routine tasks.

Extra time students can meet me during lunch, before school, or after school any day of the week. I regularly get to work an hour early so extra time students can start before their classmates. I regularly stay after, too.

I appreciate the needs of your student, but I also have to appreciate the needs of well over 100 others.

It sounds like you give tests when it’s best for you based on grading, though. Don’t pretend this is about the 100 other students.

….but as has been made clear on other threads, parents (and students) highly value prompt grading and feedback. So why on earth would you fault a teacher for arranging their calendar to give that????

Thank you! I’m the teacher PP. How does it benefit students to give them a test on Tuesday that I can’t return until the following Monday anyway? No, I genuinely do NOT have the 8-10 hours to grade during the week. I get no time at work to grade or plan. None. It’s entirely done during my off hours.

It is ENTIRELY in the students’ best interest to test on Friday. Does the PP think it’s in MY best interest to give up every weekend?

PP - ignore the A-hole who accused of scheduling test for your own "convenience". They are clearly not very bright or not very good at whatever it is they do if they can't recoginze how proper planning, task and time management work. FWIW - I 'm not a a teacher so not defending "my own" here, just someone who has common sense and can see how what you are doing makes sense. My kid would much rather take a test where they know they can get timely feedback than not.

It’s best for a student to take the test when he/she is ready and has had ample time to study and when the teacher feels he/she has adequately taught the material. Basing taking a test on timely feedback is odd, considering most of the tests are multiple choice and graded by a computer.

I’m guessing you’re not a teacher and you simply want to be combative. Let’s think about this logically. I said it takes 8-10 hours to grade a test. That clearly means I do not give multiple choice tests. I leave genuine, hand-written feedback. And tests when the students are prepared? Do you think that’s groundbreaking? I plan units for a living. You can find fault with my methods all you want, but here’s the truth: if your child goes to my school, you want me as the teacher.

I’m also getting really tired of nonsense like your post above. You want me to stay? Don’t make my job harder than it already is.

Wow. I don’t really care if you stay or go. I care that a student with extended time on tests would be able to get that in your class. If you give only Friday tests, I’m not sure how he/she would get it. Then the poor kid has to have extra time Monday and a lot can be lost over the weekend (or spring break like a PP mentioned). I wouldn’t want my kid in your class - mine gets extended time. Friday tests also suck because you have to spend the whole week while doing other homework to prepare for the Friday test. Kids are also exhausted on Fridays - it’s not a great testing day to begin with. I suggest you give a test on the day of the week that is best for students , including the ones who need extra time. If you give a test on Thursday, then that student could finish it Friday and you could still have your weekend time to grade it.

Before you run your mouth again, I was a teacher for FCPS and am now retired.

I’m 20:53, a current teacher and parent. Most of us are not giving long tests where students with extended time need to come back another day. The number of students with an extended time accommodation has skyrocketed in recent years. At the high school level, many of us have shortened tests to allow for 50% extended time to happen in one blocked class. Sometimes 1/3 of the class or more has this accommodation. 10-20 years ago, it was much different and our tests were meant to last a full block. Students work extended time needed to take it in parts. It’s too hard to manage when it’s a lot of students in the class and we are now mandated to give reassessments. The solution was to shorten assessments.

This makes sense to me. Would a shortened assessment take 8-10 hours to grade though?

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Anonymous wrote:NP, also frustrated with these issues, especially for assignments due on the last week of the marking period, people just said ever need to be in, no room for extra time.
In some of the cases, extension are given to the whole class, and there is no extra time given to students with 504 on top of that, teacher just responded they already given extra time

the teachers like to give tests on Fridays. This means that they review on Thursdays. Then they give Larlo his test on Friday. He gets double time and should be able to finish it the next day, but the ‘next’ day is Monday. Oh, and by the way, it’s Spring Break. He can take the second half of the test in another week then. So, he is at another disadvantage to recall info from 10 days ago or study over the break.

Teacher here.
There is a ton to balance. I often give tests on Fridays because they take 8-10 hours to grade. A Friday test can get back to students on Monday for prompt feedback because I have all weekend to grade. A test any other day of the week won’t get graded until the weekend anyway because I’m already devoting 11-12 hours each day to teaching and routine tasks.

Extra time students can meet me during lunch, before school, or after school any day of the week. I regularly get to work an hour early so extra time students can start before their classmates. I regularly stay after, too.

I appreciate the needs of your student, but I also have to appreciate the needs of well over 100 others.

It sounds like you give tests when it’s best for you based on grading, though. Don’t pretend this is about the 100 other students.

….but as has been made clear on other threads, parents (and students) highly value prompt grading and feedback. So why on earth would you fault a teacher for arranging their calendar to give that????

Thank you! I’m the teacher PP. How does it benefit students to give them a test on Tuesday that I can’t return until the following Monday anyway? No, I genuinely do NOT have the 8-10 hours to grade during the week. I get no time at work to grade or plan. None. It’s entirely done during my off hours.

It is ENTIRELY in the students’ best interest to test on Friday. Does the PP think it’s in MY best interest to give up every weekend?

PP - ignore the A-hole who accused of scheduling test for your own "convenience". They are clearly not very bright or not very good at whatever it is they do if they can't recoginze how proper planning, task and time management work. FWIW - I 'm not a a teacher so not defending "my own" here, just someone who has common sense and can see how what you are doing makes sense. My kid would much rather take a test where they know they can get timely feedback than not.

It’s best for a student to take the test when he/she is ready and has had ample time to study and when the teacher feels he/she has adequately taught the material. Basing taking a test on timely feedback is odd, considering most of the tests are multiple choice and graded by a computer.

I’m guessing you’re not a teacher and you simply want to be combative. Let’s think about this logically. I said it takes 8-10 hours to grade a test. That clearly means I do not give multiple choice tests. I leave genuine, hand-written feedback. And tests when the students are prepared? Do you think that’s groundbreaking? I plan units for a living. You can find fault with my methods all you want, but here’s the truth: if your child goes to my school, you want me as the teacher.

I’m also getting really tired of nonsense like your post above. You want me to stay? Don’t make my job harder than it already is.

Wow. I don’t really care if you stay or go. I care that a student with extended time on tests would be able to get that in your class. If you give only Friday tests, I’m not sure how he/she would get it. Then the poor kid has to have extra time Monday and a lot can be lost over the weekend (or spring break like a PP mentioned). I wouldn’t want my kid in your class - mine gets extended time. Friday tests also suck because you have to spend the whole week while doing other homework to prepare for the Friday test. Kids are also exhausted on Fridays - it’s not a great testing day to begin with. I suggest you give a test on the day of the week that is best for students , including the ones who need extra time. If you give a test on Thursday, then that student could finish it Friday and you could still have your weekend time to grade it.

Before you run your mouth again, I was a teacher for FCPS and am now retired.

I’m the PP you are rather rudely replying to. I just stated that I am ALWAYS available for extended time. I bend over backwards for the 30 students I have with various accommodations. I get to work early, stay late, give up lunches, reteach, reteach again, check in individually to make sure students are retaining information. I also gave a very logical reason for Friday tests. I’m out sick today and have already checked in with four students with extended time about the sub work. I’ll check in again later today… providing what I can from home. But… it doesn’t matter to you because I am not bending to your will on an angry DCUM post. So yes, I’ll run my mouth again because teaching has taught me not to tolerate nonsense.

When you are in a calmer state of mind, I recommend you reread your post and see how overly hostile and unnecessarily combative it is. If you treat me this way - and I’m a teacher doing it all correctly - how do you treat those who mess up? If you truly are a retired teacher, think back to those unreasonable parents you must have encountered and wonder if it’s now you.

I don’t believe any of my replies were rude and I believe you’re being overly sensitive on an anonymous message board. I made a simple suggestion to move your tests to Thursday in case students with extended time needed to finish the next day. I’m not the OP.

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Anonymous wrote:NP, also frustrated with these issues, especially for assignments due on the last week of the marking period, people just said ever need to be in, no room for extra time.
In some of the cases, extension are given to the whole class, and there is no extra time given to students with 504 on top of that, teacher just responded they already given extra time

the teachers like to give tests on Fridays. This means that they review on Thursdays. Then they give Larlo his test on Friday. He gets double time and should be able to finish it the next day, but the ‘next’ day is Monday. Oh, and by the way, it’s Spring Break. He can take the second half of the test in another week then. So, he is at another disadvantage to recall info from 10 days ago or study over the break.

Teacher here.
There is a ton to balance. I often give tests on Fridays because they take 8-10 hours to grade. A Friday test can get back to students on Monday for prompt feedback because I have all weekend to grade. A test any other day of the week won’t get graded until the weekend anyway because I’m already devoting 11-12 hours each day to teaching and routine tasks.

Extra time students can meet me during lunch, before school, or after school any day of the week. I regularly get to work an hour early so extra time students can start before their classmates. I regularly stay after, too.

I appreciate the needs of your student, but I also have to appreciate the needs of well over 100 others.

It sounds like you give tests when it’s best for you based on grading, though. Don’t pretend this is about the 100 other students.

….but as has been made clear on other threads, parents (and students) highly value prompt grading and feedback. So why on earth would you fault a teacher for arranging their calendar to give that????

Thank you! I’m the teacher PP. How does it benefit students to give them a test on Tuesday that I can’t return until the following Monday anyway? No, I genuinely do NOT have the 8-10 hours to grade during the week. I get no time at work to grade or plan. None. It’s entirely done during my off hours.

It is ENTIRELY in the students’ best interest to test on Friday. Does the PP think it’s in MY best interest to give up every weekend?

PP - ignore the A-hole who accused of scheduling test for your own "convenience". They are clearly not very bright or not very good at whatever it is they do if they can't recoginze how proper planning, task and time management work. FWIW - I 'm not a a teacher so not defending "my own" here, just someone who has common sense and can see how what you are doing makes sense. My kid would much rather take a test where they know they can get timely feedback than not.

It’s best for a student to take the test when he/she is ready and has had ample time to study and when the teacher feels he/she has adequately taught the material. Basing taking a test on timely feedback is odd, considering most of the tests are multiple choice and graded by a computer.

I’m guessing you’re not a teacher and you simply want to be combative. Let’s think about this logically. I said it takes 8-10 hours to grade a test. That clearly means I do not give multiple choice tests. I leave genuine, hand-written feedback. And tests when the students are prepared? Do you think that’s groundbreaking? I plan units for a living. You can find fault with my methods all you want, but here’s the truth: if your child goes to my school, you want me as the teacher.

I’m also getting really tired of nonsense like your post above. You want me to stay? Don’t make my job harder than it already is.

This is the only rude reply I see and it comes from you, teacher. No where was I combative or rude like you.

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Anonymous wrote:NP, also frustrated with these issues, especially for assignments due on the last week of the marking period, people just said ever need to be in, no room for extra time.
In some of the cases, extension are given to the whole class, and there is no extra time given to students with 504 on top of that, teacher just responded they already given extra time

the teachers like to give tests on Fridays. This means that they review on Thursdays. Then they give Larlo his test on Friday. He gets double time and should be able to finish it the next day, but the ‘next’ day is Monday. Oh, and by the way, it’s Spring Break. He can take the second half of the test in another week then. So, he is at another disadvantage to recall info from 10 days ago or study over the break.

Teacher here.
There is a ton to balance. I often give tests on Fridays because they take 8-10 hours to grade. A Friday test can get back to students on Monday for prompt feedback because I have all weekend to grade. A test any other day of the week won’t get graded until the weekend anyway because I’m already devoting 11-12 hours each day to teaching and routine tasks.

Extra time students can meet me during lunch, before school, or after school any day of the week. I regularly get to work an hour early so extra time students can start before their classmates. I regularly stay after, too.

I appreciate the needs of your student, but I also have to appreciate the needs of well over 100 others.

It sounds like you give tests when it’s best for you based on grading, though. Don’t pretend this is about the 100 other students.

….but as has been made clear on other threads, parents (and students) highly value prompt grading and feedback. So why on earth would you fault a teacher for arranging their calendar to give that????

Thank you! I’m the teacher PP. How does it benefit students to give them a test on Tuesday that I can’t return until the following Monday anyway? No, I genuinely do NOT have the 8-10 hours to grade during the week. I get no time at work to grade or plan. None. It’s entirely done during my off hours.

It is ENTIRELY in the students’ best interest to test on Friday. Does the PP think it’s in MY best interest to give up every weekend?

PP - ignore the A-hole who accused of scheduling test for your own "convenience". They are clearly not very bright or not very good at whatever it is they do if they can't recoginze how proper planning, task and time management work. FWIW - I 'm not a a teacher so not defending "my own" here, just someone who has common sense and can see how what you are doing makes sense. My kid would much rather take a test where they know they can get timely feedback than not.

It’s best for a student to take the test when he/she is ready and has had ample time to study and when the teacher feels he/she has adequately taught the material. Basing taking a test on timely feedback is odd, considering most of the tests are multiple choice and graded by a computer.

I’m guessing you’re not a teacher and you simply want to be combative. Let’s think about this logically. I said it takes 8-10 hours to grade a test. That clearly means I do not give multiple choice tests. I leave genuine, hand-written feedback. And tests when the students are prepared? Do you think that’s groundbreaking? I plan units for a living. You can find fault with my methods all you want, but here’s the truth: if your child goes to my school, you want me as the teacher.

I’m also getting really tired of nonsense like your post above. You want me to stay? Don’t make my job harder than it already is.

Why should students with extra time accommodations have to come before school, during lunch, or after school? That is ridiculous and not what extended time means at all. No, you need to make tests that can be completed in a timely manner by all students during class time. Otherwise, the test has to be a two day event.

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Anonymous wrote:NP, also frustrated with these issues, especially for assignments due on the last week of the marking period, people just said ever need to be in, no room for extra time.
In some of the cases, extension are given to the whole class, and there is no extra time given to students with 504 on top of that, teacher just responded they already given extra time

the teachers like to give tests on Fridays. This means that they review on Thursdays. Then they give Larlo his test on Friday. He gets double time and should be able to finish it the next day, but the ‘next’ day is Monday. Oh, and by the way, it’s Spring Break. He can take the second half of the test in another week then. So, he is at another disadvantage to recall info from 10 days ago or study over the break.

Teacher here.
There is a ton to balance. I often give tests on Fridays because they take 8-10 hours to grade. A Friday test can get back to students on Monday for prompt feedback because I have all weekend to grade. A test any other day of the week won’t get graded until the weekend anyway because I’m already devoting 11-12 hours each day to teaching and routine tasks.

Extra time students can meet me during lunch, before school, or after school any day of the week. I regularly get to work an hour early so extra time students can start before their classmates. I regularly stay after, too.

I appreciate the needs of your student, but I also have to appreciate the needs of well over 100 others.

It sounds like you give tests when it’s best for you based on grading, though. Don’t pretend this is about the 100 other students.

….but as has been made clear on other threads, parents (and students) highly value prompt grading and feedback. So why on earth would you fault a teacher for arranging their calendar to give that????

Thank you! I’m the teacher PP. How does it benefit students to give them a test on Tuesday that I can’t return until the following Monday anyway? No, I genuinely do NOT have the 8-10 hours to grade during the week. I get no time at work to grade or plan. None. It’s entirely done during my off hours.

It is ENTIRELY in the students’ best interest to test on Friday. Does the PP think it’s in MY best interest to give up every weekend?

PP - ignore the A-hole who accused of scheduling test for your own "convenience". They are clearly not very bright or not very good at whatever it is they do if they can't recoginze how proper planning, task and time management work. FWIW - I 'm not a a teacher so not defending "my own" here, just someone who has common sense and can see how what you are doing makes sense. My kid would much rather take a test where they know they can get timely feedback than not.

It’s best for a student to take the test when he/she is ready and has had ample time to study and when the teacher feels he/she has adequately taught the material. Basing taking a test on timely feedback is odd, considering most of the tests are multiple choice and graded by a computer.

I’m guessing you’re not a teacher and you simply want to be combative. Let’s think about this logically. I said it takes 8-10 hours to grade a test. That clearly means I do not give multiple choice tests. I leave genuine, hand-written feedback. And tests when the students are prepared? Do you think that’s groundbreaking? I plan units for a living. You can find fault with my methods all you want, but here’s the truth: if your child goes to my school, you want me as the teacher.

I’m also getting really tired of nonsense like your post above. You want me to stay? Don’t make my job harder than it already is.

Why should students with extra time accommodations have to come before school, during lunch, or after school? That is ridiculous and not what extended time means at all. No, you need to make tests that can be completed in a timely manner by all students during class time. Otherwise, the test has to be a two day event.

This is such a nonsense and rude comment. A student has an extended time accommodation but has to function within the reality of time and space. We only have so much time in the day. You should be grateful teachers give so many different ways to work with their students, rather than attacking the teacher.

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Anonymous wrote:NP, also frustrated with these issues, especially for assignments due on the last week of the marking period, people just said ever need to be in, no room for extra time.
In some of the cases, extension are given to the whole class, and there is no extra time given to students with 504 on top of that, teacher just responded they already given extra time

the teachers like to give tests on Fridays. This means that they review on Thursdays. Then they give Larlo his test on Friday. He gets double time and should be able to finish it the next day, but the ‘next’ day is Monday. Oh, and by the way, it’s Spring Break. He can take the second half of the test in another week then. So, he is at another disadvantage to recall info from 10 days ago or study over the break.

Teacher here.
There is a ton to balance. I often give tests on Fridays because they take 8-10 hours to grade. A Friday test can get back to students on Monday for prompt feedback because I have all weekend to grade. A test any other day of the week won’t get graded until the weekend anyway because I’m already devoting 11-12 hours each day to teaching and routine tasks.

Extra time students can meet me during lunch, before school, or after school any day of the week. I regularly get to work an hour early so extra time students can start before their classmates. I regularly stay after, too.

I appreciate the needs of your student, but I also have to appreciate the needs of well over 100 others.

It sounds like you give tests when it’s best for you based on grading, though. Don’t pretend this is about the 100 other students.

….but as has been made clear on other threads, parents (and students) highly value prompt grading and feedback. So why on earth would you fault a teacher for arranging their calendar to give that????

Thank you! I’m the teacher PP. How does it benefit students to give them a test on Tuesday that I can’t return until the following Monday anyway? No, I genuinely do NOT have the 8-10 hours to grade during the week. I get no time at work to grade or plan. None. It’s entirely done during my off hours.

It is ENTIRELY in the students’ best interest to test on Friday. Does the PP think it’s in MY best interest to give up every weekend?

PP - ignore the A-hole who accused of scheduling test for your own "convenience". They are clearly not very bright or not very good at whatever it is they do if they can't recoginze how proper planning, task and time management work. FWIW - I 'm not a a teacher so not defending "my own" here, just someone who has common sense and can see how what you are doing makes sense. My kid would much rather take a test where they know they can get timely feedback than not.

It’s best for a student to take the test when he/she is ready and has had ample time to study and when the teacher feels he/she has adequately taught the material. Basing taking a test on timely feedback is odd, considering most of the tests are multiple choice and graded by a computer.

I’m guessing you’re not a teacher and you simply want to be combative. Let’s think about this logically. I said it takes 8-10 hours to grade a test. That clearly means I do not give multiple choice tests. I leave genuine, hand-written feedback. And tests when the students are prepared? Do you think that’s groundbreaking? I plan units for a living. You can find fault with my methods all you want, but here’s the truth: if your child goes to my school, you want me as the teacher.

I’m also getting really tired of nonsense like your post above. You want me to stay? Don’t make my job harder than it already is.

Why should students with extra time accommodations have to come before school, during lunch, or after school? That is ridiculous and not what extended time means at all. No, you need to make tests that can be completed in a timely manner by all students during class time. Otherwise, the test has to be a two day event.

This is such a nonsense and rude comment. A student has an extended time accommodation but has to function within the reality of time and space. We only have so much time in the day. You should be grateful teachers give so many different ways to work with their students, rather than attacking the teacher.

It’s rude to make a valid suggestion? I’m guessing you don’t have kids?

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Anonymous wrote:NP, also frustrated with these issues, especially for assignments due on the last week of the marking period, people just said ever need to be in, no room for extra time.
In some of the cases, extension are given to the whole class, and there is no extra time given to students with 504 on top of that, teacher just responded they already given extra time

the teachers like to give tests on Fridays. This means that they review on Thursdays. Then they give Larlo his test on Friday. He gets double time and should be able to finish it the next day, but the ‘next’ day is Monday. Oh, and by the way, it’s Spring Break. He can take the second half of the test in another week then. So, he is at another disadvantage to recall info from 10 days ago or study over the break.

Teacher here.
There is a ton to balance. I often give tests on Fridays because they take 8-10 hours to grade. A Friday test can get back to students on Monday for prompt feedback because I have all weekend to grade. A test any other day of the week won’t get graded until the weekend anyway because I’m already devoting 11-12 hours each day to teaching and routine tasks.

Extra time students can meet me during lunch, before school, or after school any day of the week. I regularly get to work an hour early so extra time students can start before their classmates. I regularly stay after, too.

I appreciate the needs of your student, but I also have to appreciate the needs of well over 100 others.

It sounds like you give tests when it’s best for you based on grading, though. Don’t pretend this is about the 100 other students.

….but as has been made clear on other threads, parents (and students) highly value prompt grading and feedback. So why on earth would you fault a teacher for arranging their calendar to give that????

Thank you! I’m the teacher PP. How does it benefit students to give them a test on Tuesday that I can’t return until the following Monday anyway? No, I genuinely do NOT have the 8-10 hours to grade during the week. I get no time at work to grade or plan. None. It’s entirely done during my off hours.

It is ENTIRELY in the students’ best interest to test on Friday. Does the PP think it’s in MY best interest to give up every weekend?

PP - ignore the A-hole who accused of scheduling test for your own "convenience". They are clearly not very bright or not very good at whatever it is they do if they can't recoginze how proper planning, task and time management work. FWIW - I 'm not a a teacher so not defending "my own" here, just someone who has common sense and can see how what you are doing makes sense. My kid would much rather take a test where they know they can get timely feedback than not.

It’s best for a student to take the test when he/she is ready and has had ample time to study and when the teacher feels he/she has adequately taught the material. Basing taking a test on timely feedback is odd, considering most of the tests are multiple choice and graded by a computer.

I’m guessing you’re not a teacher and you simply want to be combative. Let’s think about this logically. I said it takes 8-10 hours to grade a test. That clearly means I do not give multiple choice tests. I leave genuine, hand-written feedback. And tests when the students are prepared? Do you think that’s groundbreaking? I plan units for a living. You can find fault with my methods all you want, but here’s the truth: if your child goes to my school, you want me as the teacher.

I’m also getting really tired of nonsense like your post above. You want me to stay? Don’t make my job harder than it already is.

Why should students with extra time accommodations have to come before school, during lunch, or after school? That is ridiculous and not what extended time means at all. No, you need to make tests that can be completed in a timely manner by all students during class time. Otherwise, the test has to be a two day event.

This is such a nonsense and rude comment. A student has an extended time accommodation but has to function within the reality of time and space. We only have so much time in the day. You should be grateful teachers give so many different ways to work with their students, rather than attacking the teacher.

There is no attack on a teacher here. The teacher should make tests shorter so all students can finish in one period. If a student with extended time accommodation can’t finish, time needs to be provided during the school day by the teacher to finish, not before school, after school or during lunch. Thats how you follow the extended time accommodation.

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Anonymous wrote:NP, also frustrated with these issues, especially for assignments due on the last week of the marking period, people just said ever need to be in, no room for extra time.
In some of the cases, extension are given to the whole class, and there is no extra time given to students with 504 on top of that, teacher just responded they already given extra time

the teachers like to give tests on Fridays. This means that they review on Thursdays. Then they give Larlo his test on Friday. He gets double time and should be able to finish it the next day, but the ‘next’ day is Monday. Oh, and by the way, it’s Spring Break. He can take the second half of the test in another week then. So, he is at another disadvantage to recall info from 10 days ago or study over the break.

Teacher here.
There is a ton to balance. I often give tests on Fridays because they take 8-10 hours to grade. A Friday test can get back to students on Monday for prompt feedback because I have all weekend to grade. A test any other day of the week won’t get graded until the weekend anyway because I’m already devoting 11-12 hours each day to teaching and routine tasks.

Extra time students can meet me during lunch, before school, or after school any day of the week. I regularly get to work an hour early so extra time students can start before their classmates. I regularly stay after, too.

I appreciate the needs of your student, but I also have to appreciate the needs of well over 100 others.

It sounds like you give tests when it’s best for you based on grading, though. Don’t pretend this is about the 100 other students.

….but as has been made clear on other threads, parents (and students) highly value prompt grading and feedback. So why on earth would you fault a teacher for arranging their calendar to give that????

Thank you! I’m the teacher PP. How does it benefit students to give them a test on Tuesday that I can’t return until the following Monday anyway? No, I genuinely do NOT have the 8-10 hours to grade during the week. I get no time at work to grade or plan. None. It’s entirely done during my off hours.

It is ENTIRELY in the students’ best interest to test on Friday. Does the PP think it’s in MY best interest to give up every weekend?

PP - ignore the A-hole who accused of scheduling test for your own "convenience". They are clearly not very bright or not very good at whatever it is they do if they can't recoginze how proper planning, task and time management work. FWIW - I 'm not a a teacher so not defending "my own" here, just someone who has common sense and can see how what you are doing makes sense. My kid would much rather take a test where they know they can get timely feedback than not.

It’s best for a student to take the test when he/she is ready and has had ample time to study and when the teacher feels he/she has adequately taught the material. Basing taking a test on timely feedback is odd, considering most of the tests are multiple choice and graded by a computer.

I’m guessing you’re not a teacher and you simply want to be combative. Let’s think about this logically. I said it takes 8-10 hours to grade a test. That clearly means I do not give multiple choice tests. I leave genuine, hand-written feedback. And tests when the students are prepared? Do you think that’s groundbreaking? I plan units for a living. You can find fault with my methods all you want, but here’s the truth: if your child goes to my school, you want me as the teacher.

I’m also getting really tired of nonsense like your post above. You want me to stay? Don’t make my job harder than it already is.

Why should students with extra time accommodations have to come before school, during lunch, or after school? That is ridiculous and not what extended time means at all. No, you need to make tests that can be completed in a timely manner by all students during class time. Otherwise, the test has to be a two day event.

This is such a nonsense and rude comment. A student has an extended time accommodation but has to function within the reality of time and space. We only have so much time in the day. You should be grateful teachers give so many different ways to work with their students, rather than attacking the teacher.

I appreciate this kind comment. I’m the teacher who posted above. I’m quite shocked that I got attacked for going far out of my way to help a student. I don’t have just one student with extended time. I have many. I am quite aware that moving a test to accommodate one student is going to be harder for others. Considering the thousands of moving parts and the hundreds of people I’m trying to accommodate (students, admin, and parents), I simply can’t make 100% of people happy 100% of the time. It’s alarming to be attacked for just trying to do the best I can for everyone, but that’s where we are.

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Anonymous wrote:NP, also frustrated with these issues, especially for assignments due on the last week of the marking period, people just said ever need to be in, no room for extra time.
In some of the cases, extension are given to the whole class, and there is no extra time given to students with 504 on top of that, teacher just responded they already given extra time

the teachers like to give tests on Fridays. This means that they review on Thursdays. Then they give Larlo his test on Friday. He gets double time and should be able to finish it the next day, but the ‘next’ day is Monday. Oh, and by the way, it’s Spring Break. He can take the second half of the test in another week then. So, he is at another disadvantage to recall info from 10 days ago or study over the break.

Teacher here.
There is a ton to balance. I often give tests on Fridays because they take 8-10 hours to grade. A Friday test can get back to students on Monday for prompt feedback because I have all weekend to grade. A test any other day of the week won’t get graded until the weekend anyway because I’m already devoting 11-12 hours each day to teaching and routine tasks.

Extra time students can meet me during lunch, before school, or after school any day of the week. I regularly get to work an hour early so extra time students can start before their classmates. I regularly stay after, too.

I appreciate the needs of your student, but I also have to appreciate the needs of well over 100 others.

It sounds like you give tests when it’s best for you based on grading, though. Don’t pretend this is about the 100 other students.

….but as has been made clear on other threads, parents (and students) highly value prompt grading and feedback. So why on earth would you fault a teacher for arranging their calendar to give that????

Thank you! I’m the teacher PP. How does it benefit students to give them a test on Tuesday that I can’t return until the following Monday anyway? No, I genuinely do NOT have the 8-10 hours to grade during the week. I get no time at work to grade or plan. None. It’s entirely done during my off hours.

It is ENTIRELY in the students’ best interest to test on Friday. Does the PP think it’s in MY best interest to give up every weekend?

PP - ignore the A-hole who accused of scheduling test for your own "convenience". They are clearly not very bright or not very good at whatever it is they do if they can't recoginze how proper planning, task and time management work. FWIW - I 'm not a a teacher so not defending "my own" here, just someone who has common sense and can see how what you are doing makes sense. My kid would much rather take a test where they know they can get timely feedback than not.

It’s best for a student to take the test when he/she is ready and has had ample time to study and when the teacher feels he/she has adequately taught the material. Basing taking a test on timely feedback is odd, considering most of the tests are multiple choice and graded by a computer.

I’m guessing you’re not a teacher and you simply want to be combative. Let’s think about this logically. I said it takes 8-10 hours to grade a test. That clearly means I do not give multiple choice tests. I leave genuine, hand-written feedback. And tests when the students are prepared? Do you think that’s groundbreaking? I plan units for a living. You can find fault with my methods all you want, but here’s the truth: if your child goes to my school, you want me as the teacher.

I’m also getting really tired of nonsense like your post above. You want me to stay? Don’t make my job harder than it already is.

Why should students with extra time accommodations have to come before school, during lunch, or after school? That is ridiculous and not what extended time means at all. No, you need to make tests that can be completed in a timely manner by all students during class time. Otherwise, the test has to be a two day event.

This is such a nonsense and rude comment. A student has an extended time accommodation but has to function within the reality of time and space. We only have so much time in the day. You should be grateful teachers give so many different ways to work with their students, rather than attacking the teacher.

There is no attack on a teacher here. The teacher should make tests shorter so all students can finish in one period. If a student with extended time accommodation can’t finish, time needs to be provided during the school day by the teacher to finish, not before school, after school or during lunch. Thats how you follow the extended time accommodation.

Sometimes teachers are restricted by curricula and can’t. I have extended time students in my IB classes. Their tests are essays, as that’s what prepares them for the exams at the end of the year. I can’t fit a full-length essay in a period, especially not with extended time. I can give them another class period, but then they’ll miss critical instruction. I have a very long list of skills and content that must be met in a short 9 months.

I have no ability to control time.

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Anonymous wrote:NP, also frustrated with these issues, especially for assignments due on the last week of the marking period, people just said ever need to be in, no room for extra time.
In some of the cases, extension are given to the whole class, and there is no extra time given to students with 504 on top of that, teacher just responded they already given extra time

the teachers like to give tests on Fridays. This means that they review on Thursdays. Then they give Larlo his test on Friday. He gets double time and should be able to finish it the next day, but the ‘next’ day is Monday. Oh, and by the way, it’s Spring Break. He can take the second half of the test in another week then. So, he is at another disadvantage to recall info from 10 days ago or study over the break.

Teacher here.
There is a ton to balance. I often give tests on Fridays because they take 8-10 hours to grade. A Friday test can get back to students on Monday for prompt feedback because I have all weekend to grade. A test any other day of the week won’t get graded until the weekend anyway because I’m already devoting 11-12 hours each day to teaching and routine tasks.

Extra time students can meet me during lunch, before school, or after school any day of the week. I regularly get to work an hour early so extra time students can start before their classmates. I regularly stay after, too.

I appreciate the needs of your student, but I also have to appreciate the needs of well over 100 others.

It sounds like you give tests when it’s best for you based on grading, though. Don’t pretend this is about the 100 other students.

….but as has been made clear on other threads, parents (and students) highly value prompt grading and feedback. So why on earth would you fault a teacher for arranging their calendar to give that????

Thank you! I’m the teacher PP. How does it benefit students to give them a test on Tuesday that I can’t return until the following Monday anyway? No, I genuinely do NOT have the 8-10 hours to grade during the week. I get no time at work to grade or plan. None. It’s entirely done during my off hours.

It is ENTIRELY in the students’ best interest to test on Friday. Does the PP think it’s in MY best interest to give up every weekend?

PP - ignore the A-hole who accused of scheduling test for your own "convenience". They are clearly not very bright or not very good at whatever it is they do if they can't recoginze how proper planning, task and time management work. FWIW - I 'm not a a teacher so not defending "my own" here, just someone who has common sense and can see how what you are doing makes sense. My kid would much rather take a test where they know they can get timely feedback than not.

It’s best for a student to take the test when he/she is ready and has had ample time to study and when the teacher feels he/she has adequately taught the material. Basing taking a test on timely feedback is odd, considering most of the tests are multiple choice and graded by a computer.

I’m guessing you’re not a teacher and you simply want to be combative. Let’s think about this logically. I said it takes 8-10 hours to grade a test. That clearly means I do not give multiple choice tests. I leave genuine, hand-written feedback. And tests when the students are prepared? Do you think that’s groundbreaking? I plan units for a living. You can find fault with my methods all you want, but here’s the truth: if your child goes to my school, you want me as the teacher.

I’m also getting really tired of nonsense like your post above. You want me to stay? Don’t make my job harder than it already is.

Why should students with extra time accommodations have to come before school, during lunch, or after school? That is ridiculous and not what extended time means at all. No, you need to make tests that can be completed in a timely manner by all students during class time. Otherwise, the test has to be a two day event.

This is such a nonsense and rude comment. A student has an extended time accommodation but has to function within the reality of time and space. We only have so much time in the day. You should be grateful teachers give so many different ways to work with their students, rather than attacking the teacher.

There is no attack on a teacher here. The teacher should make tests shorter so all students can finish in one period. If a student with extended time accommodation can’t finish, time needs to be provided during the school day by the teacher to finish, not before school, after school or during lunch. Thats how you follow the extended time accommodation.

Sometimes teachers are restricted by curricula and can’t. I have extended time students in my IB classes. Their tests are essays, as that’s what prepares them for the exams at the end of the year. I can’t fit a full-length essay in a period, especially not with extended time. I can give them another class period, but then they’ll miss critical instruction. I have a very long list of skills and content that must be met in a short 9 months.

I have no ability to control time.

So what do you do then? Can anyone finish the essay? Curious, not attacking.

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Anonymous wrote:NP, also frustrated with these issues, especially for assignments due on the last week of the marking period, people just said ever need to be in, no room for extra time.
In some of the cases, extension are given to the whole class, and there is no extra time given to students with 504 on top of that, teacher just responded they already given extra time

the teachers like to give tests on Fridays. This means that they review on Thursdays. Then they give Larlo his test on Friday. He gets double time and should be able to finish it the next day, but the ‘next’ day is Monday. Oh, and by the way, it’s Spring Break. He can take the second half of the test in another week then. So, he is at another disadvantage to recall info from 10 days ago or study over the break.

Teacher here.
There is a ton to balance. I often give tests on Fridays because they take 8-10 hours to grade. A Friday test can get back to students on Monday for prompt feedback because I have all weekend to grade. A test any other day of the week won’t get graded until the weekend anyway because I’m already devoting 11-12 hours each day to teaching and routine tasks.

Extra time students can meet me during lunch, before school, or after school any day of the week. I regularly get to work an hour early so extra time students can start before their classmates. I regularly stay after, too.

I appreciate the needs of your student, but I also have to appreciate the needs of well over 100 others.

It sounds like you give tests when it’s best for you based on grading, though. Don’t pretend this is about the 100 other students.

….but as has been made clear on other threads, parents (and students) highly value prompt grading and feedback. So why on earth would you fault a teacher for arranging their calendar to give that????

Thank you! I’m the teacher PP. How does it benefit students to give them a test on Tuesday that I can’t return until the following Monday anyway? No, I genuinely do NOT have the 8-10 hours to grade during the week. I get no time at work to grade or plan. None. It’s entirely done during my off hours.

It is ENTIRELY in the students’ best interest to test on Friday. Does the PP think it’s in MY best interest to give up every weekend?

PP - ignore the A-hole who accused of scheduling test for your own "convenience". They are clearly not very bright or not very good at whatever it is they do if they can't recoginze how proper planning, task and time management work. FWIW - I 'm not a a teacher so not defending "my own" here, just someone who has common sense and can see how what you are doing makes sense. My kid would much rather take a test where they know they can get timely feedback than not.

It’s best for a student to take the test when he/she is ready and has had ample time to study and when the teacher feels he/she has adequately taught the material. Basing taking a test on timely feedback is odd, considering most of the tests are multiple choice and graded by a computer.

I’m guessing you’re not a teacher and you simply want to be combative. Let’s think about this logically. I said it takes 8-10 hours to grade a test. That clearly means I do not give multiple choice tests. I leave genuine, hand-written feedback. And tests when the students are prepared? Do you think that’s groundbreaking? I plan units for a living. You can find fault with my methods all you want, but here’s the truth: if your child goes to my school, you want me as the teacher.

I’m also getting really tired of nonsense like your post above. You want me to stay? Don’t make my job harder than it already is.

Why should students with extra time accommodations have to come before school, during lunch, or after school? That is ridiculous and not what extended time means at all. No, you need to make tests that can be completed in a timely manner by all students during class time. Otherwise, the test has to be a two day event.

This is such a nonsense and rude comment. A student has an extended time accommodation but has to function within the reality of time and space. We only have so much time in the day. You should be grateful teachers give so many different ways to work with their students, rather than attacking the teacher.

I appreciate this kind comment. I’m the teacher who posted above. I’m quite shocked that I got attacked for going far out of my way to help a student. I don’t have just one student with extended time. I have many. I am quite aware that moving a test to accommodate one student is going to be harder for others. Considering the thousands of moving parts and the hundreds of people I’m trying to accommodate (students, admin, and parents), I simply can’t make 100% of people happy 100% of the time. It’s alarming to be attacked for just trying to do the best I can for everyone, but that’s where we are.

You’re hung up on being “attacked.” Sorry you feel that way, but in no way was it an attack.

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Anonymous wrote:NP, also frustrated with these issues, especially for assignments due on the last week of the marking period, people just said ever need to be in, no room for extra time.
In some of the cases, extension are given to the whole class, and there is no extra time given to students with 504 on top of that, teacher just responded they already given extra time

the teachers like to give tests on Fridays. This means that they review on Thursdays. Then they give Larlo his test on Friday. He gets double time and should be able to finish it the next day, but the ‘next’ day is Monday. Oh, and by the way, it’s Spring Break. He can take the second half of the test in another week then. So, he is at another disadvantage to recall info from 10 days ago or study over the break.

Teacher here.
There is a ton to balance. I often give tests on Fridays because they take 8-10 hours to grade. A Friday test can get back to students on Monday for prompt feedback because I have all weekend to grade. A test any other day of the week won’t get graded until the weekend anyway because I’m already devoting 11-12 hours each day to teaching and routine tasks.

Extra time students can meet me during lunch, before school, or after school any day of the week. I regularly get to work an hour early so extra time students can start before their classmates. I regularly stay after, too.

I appreciate the needs of your student, but I also have to appreciate the needs of well over 100 others.

It sounds like you give tests when it’s best for you based on grading, though. Don’t pretend this is about the 100 other students.

….but as has been made clear on other threads, parents (and students) highly value prompt grading and feedback. So why on earth would you fault a teacher for arranging their calendar to give that????

Thank you! I’m the teacher PP. How does it benefit students to give them a test on Tuesday that I can’t return until the following Monday anyway? No, I genuinely do NOT have the 8-10 hours to grade during the week. I get no time at work to grade or plan. None. It’s entirely done during my off hours.

It is ENTIRELY in the students’ best interest to test on Friday. Does the PP think it’s in MY best interest to give up every weekend?

PP - ignore the A-hole who accused of scheduling test for your own "convenience". They are clearly not very bright or not very good at whatever it is they do if they can't recoginze how proper planning, task and time management work. FWIW - I 'm not a a teacher so not defending "my own" here, just someone who has common sense and can see how what you are doing makes sense. My kid would much rather take a test where they know they can get timely feedback than not.

It’s best for a student to take the test when he/she is ready and has had ample time to study and when the teacher feels he/she has adequately taught the material. Basing taking a test on timely feedback is odd, considering most of the tests are multiple choice and graded by a computer.

I’m guessing you’re not a teacher and you simply want to be combative. Let’s think about this logically. I said it takes 8-10 hours to grade a test. That clearly means I do not give multiple choice tests. I leave genuine, hand-written feedback. And tests when the students are prepared? Do you think that’s groundbreaking? I plan units for a living. You can find fault with my methods all you want, but here’s the truth: if your child goes to my school, you want me as the teacher.

I’m also getting really tired of nonsense like your post above. You want me to stay? Don’t make my job harder than it already is.

Why should students with extra time accommodations have to come before school, during lunch, or after school? That is ridiculous and not what extended time means at all. No, you need to make tests that can be completed in a timely manner by all students during class time. Otherwise, the test has to be a two day event.

This is such a nonsense and rude comment. A student has an extended time accommodation but has to function within the reality of time and space. We only have so much time in the day. You should be grateful teachers give so many different ways to work with their students, rather than attacking the teacher.

I appreciate this kind comment. I’m the teacher who posted above. I’m quite shocked that I got attacked for going far out of my way to help a student. I don’t have just one student with extended time. I have many. I am quite aware that moving a test to accommodate one student is going to be harder for others. Considering the thousands of moving parts and the hundreds of people I’m trying to accommodate (students, admin, and parents), I simply can’t make 100% of people happy 100% of the time. It’s alarming to be attacked for just trying to do the best I can for everyone, but that’s where we are.

It’s not about making people happy. It’s about following legal accommodations of extended time. How do you give your students extended time then? You really expect them to come before school or during lunch?