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And yes, one can be bright and still need to retest to work on showing all work -- and preventing careless mistakes.  Also, I have high expectations and pushed her to seek a retake to learn early on what's expected on school tests so that those kinds of mistakes are not made again.  And they have not.  Surely you can't disagree with that strategy, seeing as you want to see past assessments for the same reason, yes?[/quote]

Yes, I agree with you.      Retaking a test can be an excellent learning experience.

What I don't understand is why you think it hurts a student to have all graded exams returned home.      You quoted a teacher as saying that the retest process is "meant to be burdensome."         Certainly the school does not have the resources to have more than a small fraction of students retake a test.     You are fortunate that your child has mastered the art of test taking (at least through the first 4 weeks of school) after one retest experience.      What about students who are struggling in the class -- getting Cs or lower on their tests but not able to see their marked-up tests without making an appointment with the teacher?
      Even for those doing well in class, the graded tests can be a valuable resource at home.      I always found that, following summer vacation, going through my old tests was an excellent review for a new year.       (Most classes are cumulative, relying on a solid understanding of the previous year's work.)
     Both the retest process and studying grading exams at home are valuable learning tools.   There is no need for them to be mutually exclusive.
 
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You put words into my mouth.  Never said it "hurts" a student to have all graded exams returned home.  I'm just not that upset that some tests are not returned for my child's unlimited use and retesting, in large part because my kid has ample opportunity to improve and learn from the school formatives that she CAN take home and retake.  If she didn't do that, and didn't do well on subsequent assessments, then that's on her.  Would it be even more helpful if she could take the county assessments home and get to retake them too?  Sure, just as it would be nice to have do-overs and unlimited opportunities to reassess everything else in our lives, in the comfort of our own homes and with the benefit of our parents' counsel.  But we don't.  [/quote]

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