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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think in MS and HS it gives kids too many opportunities to be lazy and turn in work late.  No firm deadlines is terrible for teens.[/quote]

You are blaming "rolling grade book" for something that is a separate policy decision (re: how long students can turn in late work).  That is not a feature of a rolling gradebook.

A rolling gradebook means all tests have equal weight -- regardless of WHEN in the year or which quarter the test was given.  Rolling gradebook is more accurate and fair to students.

Policies about late work are separate from the policy to use a rolling gradebook.[/quote]

Well, according to my teens the Cs they just got don't matter because they are using rolling gradebook and they can make it up anytime...[/quote]

Be wary of starting sentences with “according to my teens,” when said teens are trying to justify bad grades. They certainly can do better in the class and gradually get the grade up over the rest of the year. If they start working now. But the book is closed on first quarter.

I don’t know your HS, but my kids went to two different HS and all of their teachers, across 4 years, had a hard stop on makeup work at the end of each quarter. Unless your kid has missed a ton of school because they were hospitalized this month or something else very out of the ordinary, the C won’t move and they cannot “make it up”. The quarter is over.  Tell them to study and do the work next quarter. [/quote]

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