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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]HS teacher here. I agree that grading takes way more time than I have available, but it is still very important to give feedback. I have my own young children at home and simply do not have 10 hours on a Saturday to grade (though I have definitely had days like this before). This means that sometimes students take a quiz and then we grade it as a class for immediate formative feedback and the quiz does not go in the grade book. I also don't grade homework but we go over assignments in the following class and I post keys. This reduces my grading to only tests, some quizzes/activities, and larger assignments like reports. There are ways to provide feedback. Something is going on with this teacher that is affecting their ability to grade. They might have other obligations outside of school that they didnt have previously. I know of one AP teacher at my school who had a family emergency early in the year and they are still dealing with the fallout from that. Perhaps reach out as a concerned parent and request an in-person conference. [/quote]

Good points here. (Another HS teacher here - who posted above)

I also wonder whether there’s a personal reason this teacher can’t give hours outside of school to grading. I have no work-life balance, so I devote entire weekends to getting the grading done. The teacher next door to me has four children, one with medical needs. She can’t, and therefore her grading is always backed up. I’ve heard complaints that she never grades, but the reality is much more complex. When the expectation is that all grading get done in our own time, some teachers can’t (and increasingly won’t) devote the hours.

I’m very vocal that the profession needs to change. If providing feedback is such an important part of my job - and it is - then I should be given time at work to get it done.[/quote]

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