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FarrahWaters · 08-15-2008, 02:25 PM

Is this the standard policy now? Times have changed since I was in middle school/high school.

- Chance to make up late homework (not illness related, just if you didn't do it)
- Retest any failed test and the highest grade counts
- Homework grade is only given if it helps the child's average
- 50 is the lowest grade given for a 6 weeks average
- No penalties for missing deadlines

Solon · 08-15-2008, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by FarrahWaters

Is this the standard policy now? Times have changed since I was in middle school/high school.

- Chance to make up late homework (not illness related, just if you didn't do it)
- Retest any failed test and the highest grade counts
- Homework grade is only given if it helps the child's average
- 50 is the lowest grade given for a 6 weeks average
- No penalties for missing deadlines

Is this for all schools, or just elementary schools?

I'll bet No Child Left Behind is driving this to some degree.

myboynoah · 08-15-2008, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Solon

Is this for all schools, or just elementary schools?

I'll bet No Child Left Behind is driving this to some degree.

I thought NCLB was based on the test scores, not the grades in class. the problem being that teachers feel limited to teach to the test.

We are in a new age where no one is allowed to fail at anything.

MikeWaters · 08-15-2008, 05:57 PM

the reason for these policies is to allow multiple second chances so kids don't feel like it's all over, they screwed up, there's no way to graduate.

Come back, learn, get the work done. Graduate.

Levin · 08-15-2008, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

the reason for these policies is to allow multiple second chances so kids don't feel like it's all over, they screwed up, there's no way to graduate.

Come back, learn, get the work done. Graduate.

There's no learning, and very little of getting the work done. It's just the first and the last: come back and graduate.

MikeWaters · 08-15-2008, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Levin

There's no learning, and very little of getting the work done. It's just the first and the last: come back and graduate.

thanks genius.

marsupial · 08-15-2008, 06:20 PM

It seems like teachers had their own grading policies when I was in school. Some were more lenient than others but none as lenient as this. So, do these policies override what teachers want to do in their own classrooms? Has their been any outcry by the teachers? It seems like allowing for multiple retakes and late work without consequence would be even more taxing on the teachers.

Solon · 08-15-2008, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by myboynoah

I thought NCLB was based on the test scores, not the grades in class. the problem being that teachers feel limited to teach to the test.

We are in a new age where no one is allowed to fail at anything.

Test scores are the end-all, but there is, I believe, some degree of leniency for the states to assess "progress" (kind of like title ix). I'm not an expert on NCLB, but my wife is (and she hates it).

SeattleUte · 08-15-2008, 07:14 PM

I don't have a big problem with it except that I'd be concerned that when my kid has to play by different rules he doesn't get hammered. Someday he will wind up at a school that gives only one chance, has deadlines, etc. I'd work with him to develop a sense of internal goals and deadlines and time management, which in the final analysis is an extremely valuable skill and ethic.

UtahDan · 08-15-2008, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by FarrahWaters

Is this the standard policy now? Times have changed since I was in middle school/high school.

- Chance to make up late homework (not illness related, just if you didn't do it)
- Retest any failed test and the highest grade counts
- Homework grade is only given if it helps the child's average
- 50 is the lowest grade given for a 6 weeks average
- No penalties for missing deadlines

I just got done with Freakonomincs last night. Read it over the last couple nights. If I believe the authors, who are persuasive, none of these things really matter. The most important thing is the IQ of the parents and the rest is window dressing.

Just make sure you have books in the house, this is very important, though actually reading them to your kids isn't. :-)

08-15-2008, 02:25 PM	#1
FarrahWaters Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,122	Our school district's latest grading policy Is this the standard policy now? Times have changed since I was in middle school/high school. - Chance to make up late homework (not illness related, just if you didn't do it) - Retest any failed test and the highest grade counts - Homework grade is only given if it helps the child's average - 50 is the lowest grade given for a 6 weeks average - No penalties for missing deadlines

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marsupial Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I... Isn't it so fun to spell? Posts: 1,701	It seems like teachers had their own grading policies when I was in school. Some were more lenient than others but none as lenient as this. So, do these policies override what teachers want to do in their own classrooms? Has their been any outcry by the teachers? It seems like allowing for multiple retakes and late work without consequence would be even more taxing on the teachers. __________________ "Mormon men are inherently sexy..." -Archaea

08-15-2008, 07:14 PM	#9
SeattleUte fairlds.org Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 10,665	I don't have a big problem with it except that I'd be concerned that when my kid has to play by different rules he doesn't get hammered. Someday he will wind up at a school that gives only one chance, has deadlines, etc. I'd work with him to develop a sense of internal goals and deadlines and time management, which in the final analysis is an extremely valuable skill and ethic. __________________ Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster

08-15-2008, 05:57 PM	#4
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	the reason for these policies is to allow multiple second chances so kids don't feel like it's all over, they screwed up, there's no way to graduate. Come back, learn, get the work done. Graduate.