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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The grading in MCPS is hit or miss.  I have a middle schooler with an IEP and we have had teachers that don't even appear to read written responses for assignments and quizzes but give an A if the work is done.  I know this because after looking at the response it does not even answer the question.  This is a disservice to our kid because we really need to know where the gaps are so we can work at home to help understand the content.  Every once in a while, we get a teacher who appears to actually grade the work and provide feedback.  [/quote]

Get rid of the completion (practice/prep) category. [/quote]

Unfortunately, that’s all teachers have time to grade. Comments and meaningful feedback take time teachers don’t have.

If we want stronger writing instruction, a high school English teacher should have far fewer than the 150 students they have now. They also need time at work to grade these papers. [/quote]

[b]Then don’t teach English if you don’t want to spend this time. [/b] Or as a department fight with Admin and MCPS CO to assign two teachers to English or some type of aide.  Not giving feedback isn’t helpful to anyone.[/quote]

Weird advice. Would you also tell doctors who are evaluated on seeing way too many patients per hour, "Then don't practice medicine if you don't want to spend this time" with the patients? I have a friend who left medical practice because she was expected to see more patients per hour than she thought she could properly see, and I don't think it made the world a better place.[/quote]

There was an OR option given.  Your friend left practice because she understood she couldn’t be of good service to her patients in the manner in which she was expected to operate.  Now she hopefully has the opportunity to move into a situation that will allow her to be of good service to patients. It’s not don’t be a doctor or don’t be a teacher, it’s don’t do things that you know create or potentially create a bad situation.  Students getting A’s in English because of no feedback are not benefitted. Particularly EML students.  [/quote]

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