Grading Policies and Classroom Expectations

Test and Quiz Policies

When reviewing student work on an assessment for the first time, the teacher will only highlight mistakes made by the student. When students receive the assessment back, all they will see are the highlighted mistakes. No teacher comments will be made, no correct answers will be written in, and no grade will be on the assessment. Students will need to correct all their mistakes on the assessment.

When doing corrections, no changes should be made to the original assessment. Students should re-do each question with a highlighted mistake. This work should be completed on a separate piece of lined paper. If students can't figure out their mistakes on their own, they can receive help from teachers, classmates, parents, or other people. The corrections are due three school days after the student receives the assessment back in class. Students should turn in the original assessment and their corrections.

While grading the corrections, the teacher will also grade the original assessment. Students will receive back their original assessment with teacher comments, points taken off for each mistake made and a final score on the assessment.

Test and Quiz Re-Take Procedures

Some students may have not reached mastery of the material by the time of the assessment and will want to spend more time working on the material and then try another form of the assessment again.

During the first and second quarter of the year, students can try the assessment again if they score below a 75%. Based on the score on the retake, students can increase the score that will be used towards calculating their grade: