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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid just got his first test back and did well, but said most kids are retaking anything under 97 so that they can be sure they are in good shape in case the final ends up being hard.

This seems like it is going to push the highly perfectionist crowd to insanity.

I hope the kids that really need the retakes are doing it too.[/quote]

[b]Interesting that the teachers even allow for retakes if the students get over a certain grade. None of my kid's teachers allow retakes if the original grade is a B or above[/b] unless it is a test near the end of the semester where scoring higher would bump their overall semester grade up a letter.

Several of her teachers also require anyone who scores below a C minus to automatically do the retake. A few others require the retake only if the first grade is a D+ or lower. [/quote]

The current FCPS policy is to allow retakes for any test grade.  If your kids are in FCPS, retakes are allowed this year.[/quote]

This will drive more teachers to quit.  A total waste of their time to re-grade exams in the 90s.[/quote]

No one is retaking tests in the 90s after the first unit. Once work picks up and grades start to level out, kids realize real fast it's not worth their time.

I've been doing retakes to 100 for years (like, 12+) and i always have a ton of high achieving kids want to retake the first test and then it's crickets.[/quote]

For my AP and Honors classes, about 70% of the student who got a 79% or below did a retake. I prepared two tests as a matter of course.

For my GE classes, retakes were rarely done.

Here’s how I am handling this new policy.  The first test will be the regular difficulty.  The second test will be incredibly difficult.  It will be longer and impossible to finish even for kids with extended time.

I made time to help the kids who wanted to do retakes last year since it was reasonable and they generally seemed very motivated.

No longer. Any makeup tests will not help this year.  [/quote]

That's just f'd up and mean. There are a lot of kids who work really hard and who need more time to learn the concepts fully.  But since high school classes are on such a rigid timeline (with tests paced out to the day and if you don't know it by then, you're SOL), those kids who could use an extra day or two interacting and learning the material will get screwed every single time with your petty vindictive policy which you put in place just to screw over the kids who are already scoring high who want to retake.

You're punishing the kids who genuinely need the opportunity.  It's gross.  
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+1 it’s against the spirit of what the retakes are supposed to be for. The goal is to get the kids to learn the material, not screw then the second time around.[/quote]

Or is the goal simply to inflate grades and ensure high graduation rates?

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Shhh.  This is supposed to be a secret [/quote]

I think it will backfire. Classes are already falling behind as teachers need to give class time for retakes. [/quote]

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