Anonymous
Post 04/21/2023 10:59     Subject: DD grade pulled down by a grade that was entered last day of the marking period!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
OP here - I haven't answered because I am not on this forum during weekends! Yes she was asked to re-submit for regrading.
I know it is middle school but my DD wants to go to magnet program in high school (in her sisters footsteps) and yes grades matter as MCPS has switched over to relying exclusively on grades and MAP scores for magnet selection! So this teacher might be ruining her chance of getting into magnet program.


Based on DC’s magnet admits this year, I’d say it is not necessary to have all A’s in MS to be admitted to a HS magnet.


The high school magnet selection process only looks at certain grades. Eg, Blair only received math, science and computer science grades. If you have all As in those subjects but Bs in others you’re still in with a chance.


Please stop using facts to clarify this. It really makes it hard to spin the narrative that some unworthy kids stole my kid's spot.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2023 10:55     Subject: DD grade pulled down by a grade that was entered last day of the marking period!
Anonymous wrote:You guys, let’s stop beating around the bush and be honest with this gal. Ma’am, your child is ruined. That is it. She had her chance and she blew it. She is going to be a sign spinner in Rockville Pike and gently spiral into despair, homelessness and drug addiction. I’m sorry. I know you tried.


Oh WOW... I think there are a lot of trolls here who have nothing better to do in their lives other than hide behind Anonymous and make really mean comments!
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2023 09:22     Subject: DD grade pulled down by a grade that was entered last day of the marking period!
You guys, let’s stop beating around the bush and be honest with this gal. Ma’am, your child is ruined. That is it. She had her chance and she blew it. She is going to be a sign spinner in Rockville Pike and gently spiral into despair, homelessness and drug addiction. I’m sorry. I know you tried.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2023 08:46     Subject: DD grade pulled down by a grade that was entered last day of the marking period!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
OP here - I haven't answered because I am not on this forum during weekends! Yes she was asked to re-submit for regrading.
I know it is middle school but my DD wants to go to magnet program in high school (in her sisters footsteps) and yes grades matter as MCPS has switched over to relying exclusively on grades and MAP scores for magnet selection! So this teacher might be ruining her chance of getting into magnet program.


Based on DC’s magnet admits this year, I’d say it is not necessary to have all A’s in MS to be admitted to a HS magnet.


The high school magnet selection process only looks at certain grades. Eg, Blair only received math, science and computer science grades. If you have all As in those subjects but Bs in others you’re still in with a chance.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2023 05:36     Subject: DD grade pulled down by a grade that was entered last day of the marking period!
Anonymous wrote:
OP here - I haven't answered because I am not on this forum during weekends! Yes she was asked to re-submit for regrading.
I know it is middle school but my DD wants to go to magnet program in high school (in her sisters footsteps) and yes grades matter as MCPS has switched over to relying exclusively on grades and MAP scores for magnet selection! So this teacher might be ruining her chance of getting into magnet program.


Based on DC’s magnet admits this year, I’d say it is not necessary to have all A’s in MS to be admitted to a HS magnet.
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2023 21:50     Subject: DD grade pulled down by a grade that was entered last day of the marking period!
You will do your daughter a great service by demonstrating that this is nbd, what’s done is done, and she can recover by working hard next time. Helps her understand that when you fail in life you do not need to panic and you should focus on doing better next time. Teach her there is always another opportunity and another door to open. Kids feel way too much pressure to be perfect and yet life does not require us to be perfect.
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2023 20:51     Subject: DD grade pulled down by a grade that was entered last day of the marking period!
One of the best lessons kids can learn is that life isn’t always fair and not all wrongs cannot should be righted. I mean heck life has been unfair in her favor plenty In sure, but no one ever complains about that.
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2023 16:06     Subject: DD grade pulled down by a grade that was entered last day of the marking period!
Don't blame teachers blame the broken education system that punishes teachers and students in a game of debts and gamble
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2023 13:37     Subject: DD grade pulled down by a grade that was entered last day of the marking period!
Anonymous wrote:Parents frequently request resubmission on the grounds that even if the grade can’t be improved, the student could benefit from feedback. Before the grading policy allowed multiple redo attempts, I allowed resubmission a second or even third time for feedback only. I stopped once MCPS changed the reassessment policy because suddenly, we were in this murky ground where I thought a particular resubmission was for feedback, but parents thought it was for credit. Even when I specified in advance, I’m just giving feedback on this, later the demand was to increase the grade. I’m all for maximizing grades, but work redone at home a third time several weeks after the initial assessment and dramatically improved sometimes hints at the hand of a parent or tutor. Now I stick with one redo, under my supervision. Per MCPS policy, it can only help, not hurt.

At our kids' school (a W+BCC cluster MS) Canvas shows whether an assignment is re-takable or not. Re-takes are not done under a teacher's supervision because teachers can't commit the time. Teachers don't offer (and refuse, if asked) student retakes for improvement/feedback only. From several encounters I have had, I think teachers wish I would hire a tutor, to take the work off their plates. They're just too busy.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2023 11:47     Subject: DD grade pulled down by a grade that was entered last day of the marking period!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP never says that the teacher agreed to re-grade the work. Kids were permitted to resubmit. I guess everyone is assuming that meant it got re-graded but now here does OP ever state that was anything more than an assumption- and an apparently a mistaken one.


It is very clear that if the teacher permitted resubmissions that it was to improve the grade. Otherwise there is no point. If the teacher encouraged resubmissions but never had any intention of grading them then that’s even worse and the parent has even more grounds to complain.


I don’t think that’s clear at all. The teacher may have agreed to resubmissions for feedback purposes but not to improve a grade. That happens all the time.

I totally get being concerned - especially when an A student fails on a major assignment. I’d certainly want to talk to the teacher. But unless the assignment was eligible for resubmission for a higher grade, that the teacher didn’t change the grade is not a legitimate concern. And many people have asked this question directly and OP has not answered, which speaks volumes.


anonymous wrote:OP here - I haven't answered because I am not on this forum during weekends! Yes she was asked to re-submit for regrading.
I know it is middle school but my DD wants to go to magnet program in high school (in her sisters footsteps) and yes grades matter as MCPS has switched over to relying exclusively on grades and MAP scores for magnet selection! So this teacher might be ruining her chance of getting into magnet program.


anonymous wrote:Parents frequently request resubmission on the grounds that even if the grade can’t be improved, the student could benefit from feedback. Before the grading policy allowed multiple redo attempts, I allowed resubmission a second or even third time for feedback only. I stopped once MCPS changed the reassessment policy because suddenly, we were in this murky ground where I thought a particular resubmission was for feedback, but parents thought it was for credit. Even when I specified in advance, I’m just giving feedback on this, later the demand was to increase the grade. I’m all for maximizing grades, but work redone at home a third time several weeks after the initial assessment and dramatically improved sometimes hints at the hand of a parent or tutor. Now I stick with one redo, under my supervision. Per MCPS policy, it can only help, not hurt.


The parents didn’t ask. The teacher offered and then reneged on it.