Re-do/Re-test Policy

The teacher will provide the opportunity for re-doing/re-testing; the student must take the initiative to retake the assignment/test. Only one opportunity to re-do/re-test will be offered for any single assignment. Note: Not all assignments will have the option to retest or make corrections for a higher grade (i.e., book quizzes)

Opportunities are provided to address re-doing/re-testing through one or more of the following methods:

• A different version of the assignment/test;
• Assignment/Test corrections which include written rationales supporting all corrected answers;
• Revision within the writing process;
• Demonstration of mastery of material through a medium other than the written test, such as oral proof of mastery, if an alternative medium of assessment is possible and appropriate.

What does one need to do in order to be able to re-do/re-test?

• Complete homework assignments
• Complete assignments by their due dates (this includes reading assignments)
• Attend tutorials
• Complete unit study guides or reviews, if any are assigned

Exceptions to Re-doing / Re-testing

• A student cannot re-do an assignment which he or she did not submit on time in the first place. Students wishing to submit work late should consult the course late work policy to determine a plan of action if that’s the case.
• Grades for products which result from a process taking place over a period of time, such as research-based papers, long-term projects and reading schedules with embedded checkpoints, do not necessarily fall within the re-teaching/re-testing guidelines. The process itself, and adherence to it, will provide several opportunities for students to make improved scores.

Students who are found to be taking unfair advantage of the re-do/re-test opportunities will not be allowed to participate in the procedures. Unfair advantage is determined to be:

Skipping school or class the day of either the assignment/test or any day on which re-teaching/re-testing is offered (i.e., truancy); cheating on either the original assignment/test or on the re-do/re-test; habitually failing major assignments/tests on the first attempt and failing to take advantage of re-teaching opportunities, tutorials, student/teacher conferences, and/or parent/teacher conferences, in order to catch up with the class; creating a disturbance that results in an office referral during re-teaching and/or re-testing; failing to consistently take advantage of mutually acceptable scheduled tutorials; or failure to take a re-do/re-test at the appointed time(the original assignment/test grade will be recorded unless the teacher determines that credible extenuating circumstances exist).

Timelines

• Re-doing/Re-testing must be completed no later than five school days after the assignment grade is posted, or before the date of the summative assessment in the case of a daily/homework assignment, and for a grade no greater than a 70. (Multiple tutorial opportunities will be available before due date.)
• Only one re-do/re-test may be taken per failing assignment/test grade for a maximum high score of 70. If the re-do/re-test is failed, the higher grade of the two assignments/tests will be recorded.

Number of Re-do/Re-tests

• Fall Semester: Students are allowed two daily grade retests and two major grade retests for the first semester.
• Spring Semester: Students are allowed two daily grade retests and one major grade retest for the second semester.