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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Considering there is no homework in grades 6-8 due to equity (?!?!?!?!?!?) not sure what use this will be[/quote]

This is not true.  My kid is a 7th grader and has math homework and homework in his language most days at a minimum and we're only a couple weeks into school.  They also need to study for tests.

The equitable policy is they don't grade the homework and they grade the tests and you can have retakes up to a certain point.  [b]So basically they don't grade you while you're practicing, they grade whether you've mastered the material.[/b] If you don't master the material, you get another chance (but only within certain parameters and timeframes).  If you don't do the homework, you will probably not master the material as well.

People are all bent out of shape and if you just pause for a minute and actually listen to what they're doing, it makes sense.  My kid has all the resources in the world, and these policies work better for him.  He has time to master the material and if he really isn't getting something, he's still motivated to learn it through retakes.

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I can get on board with a student's grade being almost fully based on their level of mastery of the material.  But I believe they should be taught to do other assignments because it teaches time management; that you have to do stuff that seems a waste of time all the time in adult life and work life; and still encourages a lot of students to do the practice that results in better mastery rather than re-taking tests over and over.  With multiple options for re-takes in all classes for all exams, students don't learn consequences of deadlines and the fact that employers and other life situations don't give re-dos.[/quote]

If there are no consequence for not doing homework, how is it required?[/quote]

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