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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Learn the late work/retest policy early. Kids who master this really use it to their advantage.[/quote]

How so? To earn an 80? That’s the highest grade allowed on retests and late assignments. [/quote]

Depends on the school, and sometimes teachers. DD's teachers only allow retests on summatives, not formatives. No one allows grades higher than an 89. Some require getting permission to retest, which requires showing that they have in fact, put in effort to learn the material. Late work turned in within a week or two seem to have no penalties.[/quote]

Wow. Would never send mine to a school that permitted retests and late work. No wonder kids think they can away with anything. [/quote]

It's not really "Wow".  That's fine, but please don't come back when your kids are applying to college and then cry on the DCUM college thread that your kid isn't getting as strong college acceptances as the kids attending schools with permitted retests and late work.  There are too many of those on those threads already.

It's funny how when grades don't count you get lots of high-and-mighty folks, but then they go ballistic when it matters for college.[/quote]

My senior didn't need it. No crying here!

I do wonder why you're bragging about allowing your children to be mediocre, though. [/quote]

I am not bragging about anything.  I am just pointing out that there are way too many parents on the college boards complaining about their kids' friends getting accepted into colleges they deem superior to their kids' options.

As long as you don't turn out to be one of those complainers...we are all good.

BTW, considering literally every public school district in the DMV has these policies (DCPS, MCPS, believe FCPS) and schools like Whitman, Churchill, Langley, etc. have plenty of impressive kids...why is it allowing your children to be mediocre just because their school district allows these policies?
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You do not have to encourage or even allow your children to make use of these policies. I'm sorry they're such poor students that you need to. Maybe tutoring or a remedial class would be a better option?[/quote]

Hmm…I mean my kid scored 1580 on the SAT with a perfect Math score.  Even with retests allowed.

Every time you post, you just dig a deeper hole.  Not sure why you keep digging.[/quote]

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