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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In a subject other than English, I can tell you I also do not give much feedback on work. I tell students if they would like to go over their work after seeing their grade, I am available at lunch, before or after school.

This is all due to the fact that MCPS has gotten rid of reasonable due dates and deadlines. Students have until interims and the end of the quarter to turn in late work. So, if I turn back graded work to students who turned the work in on time, it inevitably gets shared with students who haven’t done the assignment yet, then they can either copy it, or at least use it to answer things correctly in their own words. We can’t even take off more than 10% late credit anymore.  [/quote]

Is the above the reason students aren’t getting grades back timely?  We just had a teacher offer a retake BEFORE she even graded the original. Told the students she would enter whichever they got the highest grade on. What???[/quote]

No, they should be getting grades back in a timely manner. As other teachers have said, depending on the assignment, it can take several hours to grade. A teacher may choose not to put grades in until he/she has graded all of the papers, which may take several hours, meaning several days.

I never directly offer a retake before the original is graded. However, it is policy across the county that most assignments need to be retakable. Therefore, students know a retake is almost always given, and will sometimes ask, “Is this retakable?” At the start of the assessment. If you say no, there could be push back and complaints to admin. [/quote]

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