Retake Test Policy –Mrs. Underwood – Honors Geometry 2022-23
Who can retake a math test? Any student is allowed to retake ONE major test or quiz to improve their grade each quarter.
When? Retakes will be offered once before progress reports are issued, and again toward the end of the quarter (see the class calendar on my website for exact dates). No other days or times are allowed. Please do not ask to take the retake at any other time. If it’s important to you, you will make the time.
What do I have to do? You must turn in the following two things prior to retaking the test. Students are NEVER allowed to retake any test/quiz unless they do the following two things:
1. Corrections: Go over every problem that you had incorrect and write out the steps to solve it correctly. You must write out the corrected steps on separate sheet of paper. DO NOT DO IT ON THE ORIGINAL TEST!
2. Turn in: The original test and corrections MUST be turned in no later than the deadline for turning in corrections. I will correct your corrections and then you must bring them back on the day that you are retaking the test/quiz.
IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER
WARNING: If you don’t practice, you won’t improve. You have to know the math really, really well—and that only comes from practice. Doing the corrections isn’t going to be enough, just like doing all the required homework was not enough. Don’t procrastinate. Redo similar homework problems.
ONE RETAKE PER QUARTER: The actual retake test/quiz will be a similar test/quiz. NOTE: Students must complete the entire retest, not just the problems you missed the first time. Exams cannot be retaken and tests given toward the end of the quarter cannot be retaken because they are to close the grade deadlines.
GRADING: The new grade will be averaged with the old grade to get the final grade for that test. If the first test score is below 60%, it will be considered 60% for averaging. For example, if the original grade was 50 and you make an 80 on the retake, I curve the 50 to 60 and then average (60+80/2=70%). If the original test grade was below 60 and the retake test is still an F, then you will receive the higher of the two F’s. For example, if you make a 50 on the first test and make a 60 on the retake, you will receive the 60 as your new grade. If the retake test grade is lower than the original test, it will not count and you will keep the first score. All retake tests must be taken during the same quarter the original test was given.
SUGGESTED STUDY TIPS: In order to make the corrections required for retaking the test, follow these steps to help you relearn or figure out what you missed:
· First look at your work on the test, and see if any of your mistakes were due to simple calculation errors or not reading the question direction carefully enough or not copying a number or negative sign correctly from one step to the next. Those kinds of mistakes normally are due to carelessness, and you can avoid those mistakes by taking your time while doing every step, thinking carefully about each thing you are doing, and then checking over the problem after you finish it. In fact, it’s good to go back through the whole test to check all the problems again after you finish the whole test, before you hand it in.
· Look at the Review Worksheet problems and answer key.
· Look at the textbook examples and similar problems in the textbook that are similar to the test problem, and look carefully at the steps used to solve those examples.
· Ask for help from your parent or whoever normally helps you with your math or come to a help/tutoring session on Tuesday or Thursday after school so I can help you understand it better. Please try and work through the problems ahead of time. This will allow us to concentrate on what you still don’t understand.
THE WHOLE POINT: The whole point of all this is for you to show through these corrections that you know what you did wrong and that you now know the correct way to do each and every problem. If you don't do that, it's not worth taking the retest, because you won't do much better. However, preparing this way should help you learn the material really well--and that's the whole point!
See "Class Calendar 22-23" link above for exact testing dates!