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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m the poster who posted about my son’s As in public MS math classes. My problem with retakes is that he was offered them a lot and the retake grade replaced the original grade. So his semi-understanding of math was masked by the A grade. He earned As but instead of an A representing mastery of the subject, it really represented him being trained to use the first assessment as a trial to determine what to focus on for the retake. He didn’t demonstrate mastery across the board in every skill but his overall A masked that. Parents shouldn’t have to pay tuition to a private school to be told the truth of their child’s abilities. I wish I had switched him much sooner because MS was educational fraud IMO. [/quote]

This isn't typical of many public school's practices. [/quote]

I"m not sure where I stand on retakes, but a lot of reformers want this to be typical practice for school at all levels. Of course, they want it done better. For instance, students shouldn't re-take the same test they took before, and an A should represent true mastery. I guess I'm okay with that in theory but in practice that takes a massive amount of work for teachers who are already expected to do too much. [/quote]

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