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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Extra credit is illegal in MCPS.

Was this 59% average, or was this half 70% and half 0% rounded up to 50%?

Passing a class is punishment, not reward. Why would you want your kid to move on to a higher level class they aren’t ready for? They’ll fail that too. Regroup, try again, with a better plan with supports and checkins.

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NP- I didn’t know that extra credit was illegal in the county. Is this new? My kids have never needed it, but I used to use it when I was a student.[/quote]

No, this isn't new. I like doing silly bonus questions on my tests and have been teaching here for 5 years+ and since I came to this county, I haven't been able to do so, as bonus points are also illegal. [/quote]

I’ve always thought MCPS’s prohibition of extra credit was stupid and counterproductive (although not as disastrous as some of their other grading policies).  Some of my kids’ teachers got around it by offering “optional assignments”.  I don’t know if the renaming strategy would have passed official scrutiny, but I certainly wasn’t going to report them. [/quote]

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