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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.
Thank you for all your suggestions.
DS is a 9th grader in a highly regarded charter which boasts accelerated education. The teacher did not ask students to cite quotations. There were no guidelines. He has short term photographic memory. English is not his first language.  His grades are usually good because he gets extensive tutoring. He took the exam on Monday June 9. The teacher and admin waited until Friday afternoon, as he was exiting the building, to drop this bomb on him. They did not even email me until I wrote to them.
His final draft was assessed by a tutor (college junior in communication) and a retired college professor.
I did ask him to write the essay again and ran it through Turnitin. There are ideas and some phrases taken from study guides. He has not yet learned how to use citation or bibliography. The school also knew very well he would be leaving town/country for the summer. [/quote]

OK. So yes, that is plagiarism by any definition. Just have him retake the test and let this be a lesson. Also, you keep mentioning his travel plans, as though the school should be working around them. That's just not how it works. He's honestly quite lucky that he's getting to retake the test - it sounds like they are accommodating the fact that he's ESL.

It isn't the school's problem if he's going out of the country - his/your vacation plans are irrelevant. I don't mean to be harsh but really, travel plans shouldn't be interfering with him taking the test and following the rules. [/quote]

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