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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AP teacher.

Those free response questions are the death of me. They take 3-4 minutes each to grade, our tests have two each, so 7 minutes per kid x87 kids = 10 hrs of grading for one test. I have fantasized about not grading them…but I just suck it up and devote one Sunday every 2-3 weeks to nothing but free response grading.

[b]Next year I am going to try to be more strategic and have the kids “pre grade” it[/b] themselves using the rubric. Is the teacher showing them what the rubric for the short answer questions looks like? Are they going over what a solid answer looks like and picking apart examples of weaker ones? Are they writing a sample solution as a class after they write individual ones? Are they told what year the question was from so they can look up the rubric in college board’s website?

I think all of these are ways to give feedback without grades. If none of that is happening, then I’d be frustrated and would have my kid reach out to the teacher (cc you on the email for accountability) and ask how to get feedback on the written part. If no answer, then go to the administrator in charge of that department and ask how your child can get feedback on their written portions. That’s the more important piece than the grade, IMO. They are having graded assignments (the gradebook isn’t blank! No surprise entries at the end of the quarter) but your child needs guidance to pass the AP test.[/quote]

I'm sympathetic, as I used to teach writing, but you have to be joking for the bolded. Those rubrics re idiotic and subjective, for one. But also, it is YOUR job to grade and provide the feedback. I don't know the answer here to help you get that done but it is not the kids doing it for you. [/quote]

I only know my subject (an AP math class) but they are actually exceedingly detailed and clear rubrics. They list out exactly what bullet points are required for full marks, examples of ways to hit them, and what designates partial credit. They list sample responses, why marks are missed, etc. You could hand the rubrics to someone who had never taught the course and they’d be able to figure it out if they knew basic content.

The reality is that grading it themselves will give them the immediate feedback. They’ll know within minutes after they did it what was missing (big picture). Then I can focus on just grading every third one, holding a stack until a teacher work day, not feeling bad about only doing an hour a night instead of 6, etc.

The alternative is it doesn’t get done at all. Right now I’m missing my own kid’s childhood to grade. I refuse to do that next year.[/quote]

Cool. So you won't be doing your full job, for 2/3 of the students. I mean, I guess you get points for admitting it. But, no, those rubrics are not clear by any means (yes, I've looked).
 
I understand the work life balance issues as I'm in a career notoriously bad about that. Guess what? I changed jobs to make FAR less money and have that. If you feel you can't have both, you should absolutely find another option and let someone who is going to do their full job do it. Because you're simply not doing the kids any favors. You're not. As a parent, I'd rather have someone who does everything expect and, historically, everything teachers have done. [/quote]

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