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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No.  Stop the victim mentality.  Our MCPS kid gets retakes very very occasionally.[/quote]

Same.  Retakes are exceedingly rare in MCPS in my experience.  In both my kids classes there have been two retake opportunities in total across 14 classes for a full semester.  In one of those two instances nearly the entire class failed the quiz because the teacher had been out sick so he needed to re-cover the content.[/quote]

My MCPS kid has retakes available in math, but only one. You can't just retake and retake for a higher grade - you have the chance to review what you got wrong, get teacher support with concepts if you need them, and then try again. Basically, quizzes are re-takeable once, and tests are not.

It's a different model than the one I had in HS, and I know some folks (like OP apparently) think the purpose is grade inflation but it actually leads to greater mastery of the concepts. Most kids don't retake, and the ones that do are usually really looking to make sure they have rock solid concepts before moving to the next competency. [/quote]

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