Retake Policy
Students will have the opportunity to retake any major assessment. Once grades for the assessment are posted, the student will have five days to complete the school Google Form indicating they intend to retake the assessment. The teacher will provide a reteaching opportunity, and schedule a time for the student to complete the retake. Essays, projects and performances that are assigned major assessment grades are not eligible for a retake. Individual teachers will not establish separate procedures.
There are two pathways for students to complete a retake, redo, or revision.
Through the PLC process, teachers will analyze common major assessment results and identify students who have not yet demonstrated mastery of essential standards.
The PLC will:
Identify the standards requiring additional learning.
Determine appropriate remediation, intervention, or relearning activities.
Select an alternate assessment or revised learning task.
Coordinate the reassessment during an established intervention time.
Communicate the plan and expectations to the student.
Students must complete the PLC-identified remediation or relearning before reassessment.
Students may request a retake, redo, or revision of an eligible major assessment.
To qualify, the student must:
Submit the school’s Retake/Redo Request Form within five school days of the grade being posted.
Have submitted all minor assignments associated with the instructional unit.
Complete teacher-directed remediation or relearning before reassessment.
Coordinate the reassessment with the teacher during an agreed-upon intervention time.
The following expectations will apply to both pathways:
Only major assessments are eligible for retake, redo, or revision.
All reassessments must be completed by the end of the grading period in which the original assessment was assigned.
Students must complete teacher-directed remediation or relearning before reassessment.
The teacher and student will coordinate the reassessment during an agreed-upon intervention time, such as before school, FLEX, lunch, or after school.
An alternate assessment or revised learning task may be used to demonstrate mastery of the same standards measured by the original assessment.
The highest score earned will replace the previous score in the gradebook.
School procedures must be implemented consistently across all grade levels and content areas.
Make-up Work Policy
In order to receive full credit for make-up work, all work must be submitted within five school days, immediately following the excused absence. In cases of prolonged illness beyond five days, special consideration will be given. It is the responsibility of the students, not the teachers, to arrange for make-up work.
If a student misses a test or quiz while absent, on the first day back, arrangements should be made with the teacher to make up the assessment within five days.
In general, work is made up before or after school in order not to miss more class time. Arrangements may also be made with the teacher to make-up assignments during support times such as lunch. Arrangements should be made with the teacher to complete this in a timely manner.
All work not turned in due to an absence will be coded as MDA in the gradebook.
Late Work Policy
In order to continue to foster high expectations for our students, while focusing on learning outcomes, teachers have collaborated to address the issue of assignments not handed in. Teachers provide extra help before and after school, as well as time during Flex in addition to class time to ensure that students have an opportunity to receive the necessary support to complete their assignments successfully. Purposely evading or refusing to do work are exceptions to the late work allowance.
Teachers will accept late work when a student is absent, with no penalty to the student up to 5 days after the original due date or the end of the grading period, whichever comes first. A teacher may extend the late work acceptance deadline but may not reduce the time. The work, although submitted late, will not receive a point reduction. Assessments must be about mastery of content and if graded, the goal is to assess mastery, not behaviors. Work can be accepted late across grading periods by special exception and approval of the teacher and/or administrator.