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I can't keep track of what does and doesn't count.[/quote]

All you need to keep track of are the words "middle school".       If anyone has a child in MCPS middle school and their child is able to take their tests home, I would love to hear about it.

As others have said there does not seem to be a uniform policy for elementary school as to whether tests or marked-up homework comes home.   But I have not seen anyone say that their MCPS middle school allows it.[/quote]

I don't know how to take a picture of something and post it here, but I have in front of me a document that all Pyle MS students get and keep in their binders.  I'm sure that anyone can ask for a copy from Pyle if s/he doubts this is for real, but I can say that my kid has followed the process to retake formative assessments and I have copies of the original and retaken quizzes, both reflecting what was wrong and feedback on how to improve.

"Pyle Math Department Formative Assessment Retake Process

Some formative assessments in each math class will be available for reassessment (and some will not).  Students will be told prior to taking the assessment whether it is retakeable.  In order to retake an assessment, the student must:

* Complete an error analysis, practice problems, and the retake assessment within one week of the date the assignment was returned.
* Take the reassessment prior to the end-of-unit summative test and within the same quarter of the original assessment.

Please remember:
1.  Some courses may jave additional requirements or deadlines.
2.  Appointments for retakes MUST be scheduled ahead of time by the student.
3.  Reteaching during TAG (or by teacher appointment) is always available prior to the retake date, but it is the student's responsibility to schedule the reteaching with the teacher.

To retake a formative assessment, the student is required to follow the following steps:

Step 1: Error Analysis -- Student must redo all questions he/she answered incorrectly on the assessment.

Step 2: Practice Problems -- The student must write, solve, and check three similar problems for each type of problem missed.  These practice problems can be obtained from sources such as:

* your textbook
* previous homework sheets
* the textbook website
* created by the student/parent/peer.

Step 3:  The student must schedule an assessment retake time with his or her teacher, and arrange a time for reteaching if needed.  (Be aware of deadlines to reassess)

Step 4:  Parent Signature -- The student must have a parent sign their original quiz acknowledging they have seen it.  Then, the student should staple the original assessment, corrections, make-up work, etc. together with the original quiz on top."

My kid says that there is also a retake policy in place for other classes like science and language, and that while summatives and county-level formatives are not returned to be kept in student binders, they get them back in class, go over them, and get feedback.  They give the county tests back to the teacher after reviewing them, but it is not true at our kid's MS that no feedback is ever given to the students.  My kid tells me they get all the non-county formative assessments back (I see them in my kid's binder, along with marked up and graded past homework), and expressed surprise that anyone would say they are not permitted to see their quizzes, tests and exams, or that the students get no feedback or have no idea how they are doing.[/quote]

Just wanted to add that my kid said that they are told well in advance when a test/quiz will not be retakeable, so that they study accordingly.  I assume that when it is not retakeable, it is a county-level assessment.  It doesn't seem like a huge mystery to me...it seems quite well spelled out in the retake process, and my kid appears to be very clear on how it works.[/quote]

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