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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's awful.

For students who requested to retake a test, we are required by our administration to give a reteaching assignment, then meet with each student individually to review the assignment, and then to administer the reassessment.

On the test my students took last week, the class averages were between 85% and 92%. I had 46 students request to re-take the test, which is almost 1/3 of my students! Several of those students earned a 92% or higher.

So I now have to meet individually with 46 students (if they all do the reteaching assignment) and then grade 46 additional tests. For students who already earned an A on the test, the possible increase in their grade is miniscule. [/quote]
[b]Oh no having to help students [/b][/quote]

You are an absolute moron, pp. It’s obviously waaaaaay too much work for the teacher. It will absolutely chase good people out of the classroom.[/quote]

What? Who are you to say way too much [/quote]

The Teachers say it is too much and many are making the proces as painful as possible to stop kids from using it because it is too much. And the number of Teachers who leave at the end of the year if this policy stays in place will tell you it is too much.

Get your kids to study for the freaking test. If they don't and they do poorly, then there is a natural consequence for their lack of effort.  If they do study and they don't do well then they should be working with the Teacher to understand the material better. It might even be that there are classes that they just are not great in and they earn a C or a B, it is not the end of the world. If anything, it helps them to understand their strengths and weaknesses. Or they are in the wrong level and need to drop down.

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teachers say showing up is too much, teachers will say anything when you make up unsourced information[/quote]

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