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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When did retakes become an expected thing?? I graduated 20 years ago after attending public and private schools in high school….this was never allowed anywhere except in certain (usually medical) circumstances.[/quote]
I don’t think retakes are an expected thing. In my kid’s private MS and now in (a different) HS, there are no retakes. Some teachers (math and science most commonly) allow students to turn in test corrections to get partial additional credit (about 1/3 of the points back that they missed, in the case of DC’s current science teacher, for example). I see that as a good thing because it encourages the students to review and learn from the mistakes they make on tests, and they probably do better when finals come around, or when they need to apply those skills to the next unit that relies on them. But they can’t completely retake a test and can’t earn back full credit. DC is only in 9th so I don’t know if this is a way of easing kids into high school expectations and will change in later years. How many schools actually offer full test retakes?[/quote]

This is really generous!  NCS would shutter their doors before they offered test corrections.  🙁😡[/quote]

Many math teachers offer test corrections. My daughter is at NCS in the Upper School. Corrections couldn't take you over an 80 ... but they do happen.[/quote]

Interesting. For hard upper level classes, I see nothing wrong with offering test corrections and giving up to half the points back. Isn’t the whole point to actually master the content?[/quote]

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