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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think in MS and HS it gives kids too many opportunities to be lazy and turn in work late.  No firm deadlines is terrible for teens.[/quote]

You are blaming "rolling grade book" for something that is a separate policy decision (re: how long students can turn in late work).  That is not a feature of a rolling gradebook.

A rolling gradebook means all tests have equal weight -- regardless of WHEN in the year or which quarter the test was given.  Rolling gradebook is more accurate and fair to students.

Policies about late work are separate from the policy to use a rolling gradebook.[/quote]

Well, according to my teens the Cs they just got don't matter because they are using rolling gradebook and they can make it up anytime...[/quote]

Yes, my kid has told me the same thing at time... "oh, we can just get an A on the final exam and that's our grade for the whole year b/c it replaces every other test."  When you ask the teacher about this (as I did at BTSN), they will tell you that is NOT correct and the kid is misunderstanding the grading.  They will get multiple opportunities to show mastery -- but you can't whiff the whole year and then replace all the C's, D's and F's with one amazing final test.  Doesn't work that way.[/quote]

That sounds like standards based grading.  [/quote]

Which is what FCPS is moving towards for all classes. The kids have figured out they don't need to do anything until the end of the year. [/quote]

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