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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a teacher in FCPS with kids in APS, I was surprised when my 9th grader started this year and none of his teachers [b]allowed retakes or remediation[/b]. This has been standard in my FCPS HS for probably 10 years now.  I am not saying it is ideal, but for my child who struggles with test taking and gets anxiety, I would welcome the opportunity for him to remediate his assessments.  I also think it's interesting to think about grades in different counties and how they compare.  Do colleges know about this differing policy between counties?[/quote]

What do you mean by remediation? It sounds like revision. I would expect "remediation" to be an instructional practice that helped students who are having difficulty meeting standards learn to meet them. If kids need help with anxiety about test-taking, that seems like a matter to be addressed by an IEP (which I realize APS sucks at), not a wholesale forgiveness of laziness/resistance, which is what it was when my kids got bad grades. [/quote]

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