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[quote=Anonymous]MCPS grading is very lenient and I’m shocked that even a few grades are swaying the rest. Generally I get frustrated that a child has a few’A’s and the rest B and C’s and that it somehow calculates up to anA so are you sure you’re seeing the whole picture of the grade and not just those tests?

That said, talk to the teacher and explain what you said here. Ask her if she has a recommendation. This might be a signal that there is more going on than just slow processing (anxiety comes to mind) that might need a different way of assessing.  She does need her facts, but if she can show she knows them in a different way, that might help.

My own DD’s teacher used multiplication.com timed tests which place a time on the top and the facts turn yellow (for slow) or red (for incorrect) but the kids can take as long as needed. She doesn’t like having yellow/red squares and having others see them so I worked with the teacher and she now takes the “test” at night and during the test in class’s she just practices her facts on another site. However, she does have an IEP with this accommodation so that helps. There might be a solution like this that works for the teacher.

Good luck.[/quote]

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