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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Title says it all. Test was taken Monday this week. The teacher preemptively told the class on that day there will be no retakes because it’s too close to the end of the quarter. We use a rolling gradebook. This is not true and against county policy. How do we handle?[/quote]

When you say "retake" - do you mean retaking the same test with the same questions, or retaking a new test with new questions about the same material?

I assume the latter - retaking the same test with the same questions would be fraud.[/quote]

I have no idea - apparently it’s up the individual teacher on how to handle retakes.[/quote]

This whole retake thing is idiotic.  [/quote]

+1.  It’s 7th grade math.  Why would the child need a retake?  What difference would it make?[/quote]

To learn the material better? Sorry you don’t see value in that.[/quote]

That’s easily fine by correcting mistakes and handing it in as a homework grade. Kids need to also learn that they won’t be given retakes in college. [/quote]

It has been stated in many, many threads before that

a) High school (and certainly middle school!) are not college. It's okay if the rules are different.

b) More and more colleges are adopting retakes, dropping the lowest score, letting the final replace a test grade, allowing an alternate assignment to count instead of a poor test.

Retakes are here to stay. If you don't agree with them, tell your kid they can't do them.[/quote]

Good colleges are not doing that. [/quote]

My kid's at UVA and has 4 exams this quarter in one class, the highest 3 count.

She just had a group project that went terribly in a different class and was offered an individual supplement to replace the group grade if desired.

You can argue UVA isn't a good school, but I am fairly certain most people believe it is.[/quote]

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