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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes this is MCPS policy to not return home any county-wide tests, which are many of them (at least in middle school, and they are referred to as formatives).  The reason I was told by a teacher is that there is a fear of cheating (visualize a suburban mom black market test ring).  I started a thread on this last spring.  When I went in a couple times I got my notebook out to note down the types of problems missed and was told I was not allowed to take notes!

This is the most wrong-headed attitude towards children's learning--not to provide adequate feedback so kids can learn from their mistakes.  They do sometimes show the test to the kids but mine can't process the errors well enough to know how to improve, nor remember and report what feedback they did see.

It is similar with writing.  MCPS does not return it to students often and I also don't see a lot of written feedback (spelling, grammar, style) on the writing that I insisted on seeing.  If I hadn't asked for the assignment back at the end of the year they would have been thrown out.  Very strange and inefficient way of teaching.  But lets buy every kid laptops so they can get even less specific feedback.  Yay![/quote]

+ 1 million!!!

Write Starr, ask to see every test unless it is a 100.  Force a change. Don't accept less.  Don't be lazy.  [/quote]

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