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PP is saying (*about MCPS not returning tests home):

1. I have experience with it.
2. It's not a huge problem.
3. This is how to deal with it.

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And my response is

1.  I have experience with it.
2.  I find it to be a major (perhaps not huge) problem
3.  The proposed "solution" is a poor substitute for simply returning the test home.     I want to see the test while my child still remembers taking it.          I want to see the specific question and my child's answer.   Is the answer wrong because he misunderstood the question, or because he doesn't understand the concept, or because he made a careless mistake?    (Or perhaps the answer is correct but  the teacher did not grade it correctly.)    My personal experience is that education proceeds by making mistakes, and then understanding *why* it was a mistake.
      
I would feel a lot better if MCPS would explain why they won't return the test home.         (Again, not returning the test seems to be a standard MCPS policy for middle school, but teachers seem to have more leeway in elementary school.     I have two children in middle school and one in elementary.)         Right now, it seems totally arbitrary to me, like a policy that anybody who wears green on the day of the test will get an F.   Do they want to keep the test to make it harder for parent's to question the final grade?       Are they worried that copies of the test would be posted online to help kids cheat the following year?      These seem like weak justifications but at least the the decision wouldn't be completely arbitrary.

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