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[quote=Anonymous][quote]My child has never been offered to retake a test and honestly, I don't agree with that type of policy at all. Just another backdoor way of getting kids that don't truly understand to pass.[/quote]

It depends on how you orchestrate it. If a child takes a test, fails it, and then just moves on..they never master the material. One shot, too bad, move along, who cares. This isn't teaching or learning.

If you use assessments as a learning tool, you can motivate a child to learn the material and help them take responsibility for their own academic outcomes. You also put forward the ethic that even if you fail you can overcome this with hard work.

This doesn't mean you randomly give tests over and over again until the kid guesses the correct answer. You give frequent tests and send them back to the students. You require the students to return the graded tests and correct the wrong answers or they get more points off the test. If they scored below a certain level, you require that they complete a pre-test study guide, submit it and then re-take the test.

This approach can bring students in the middle up significantly, if you care about the kids in the middle. [/quote]

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