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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of the other problems of the 90/10 split is that some classes end up having almost all assignments practice and just a few all tasks/assessments. If a math class does a ~weekly "exit ticket" that is classified as an assessment, that is great.  There are enough grades in the book to cushion.  If there are just 2-3 small assessments in a quarter and then 1-2 bigger county formatives, then being a little slower to pick up a new concept can suddenly derail a grade.  Teachers that classify too much as practice/prep aren't ultimately doing a student any favors.  I'd much prefer a 70/30 split or (similar to what we used to have) 10% homework/20-30%classwork or formative assignments/60-70% summatives or tests)[/quote]

Now no more than 7 hw and 12 all task assignments are allowed at my school. I think there should be twice as much practice as assessment if the purpose of practice is preparation.[/quote]

So it seems the way my kid's foreign language teacher is getting around it is to give the kids a very large packet (10-12 pages) at the beginning of the week, and telling them to split it up across the week. It's due the following Monday, and is graded for completeness as *one* of the 7 practice assignments. She then gives a quiz 2 days later that is basically on the same material as the 10 pages practice. So you can copy the hw, and get full points, but it's definitely in the student's interest to just do the hw sincerely since it preps them for the quiz. [/quote]

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