First Math Unit Test grades are in....

[dl]

They both got A's... Jacob got 100% and Rose only missed one question!

Flashback to the year before last at k12 online school... the policy then (they have since changed it) was that the student could retake a test as many times as they wanted to and the last grade they got was the one that stuck. Try as I might, I could not convince them of how important it was to study and try to get a good grade the first time. So, last year, when they started at Connections Academy, it was a HUGE wake-up call when they could only take a test once. They have a policy that they call "grade recovery", where a student writes about why the correct answer is correct and why their answer was wrong. Even then, they may not get full credit for the problem and they only allow grade recoveries for some of the tests and quizzes. They spent a lot of time doing grade recoveries first semester of last year because they just really had never studied for a test. My new organization systems are working pretty well and they have done all of the things for the lessons and graded their homework (some of this stuff would fall through the cracks before)... It is really paying off! I think was are all super excited to see those good grades!

[Idaho Linda]

I am really pleased with how well your kids are doing. I used to teach in the public schools and I sure hope I didn't let kids fall through the cracks like I see happening today. It has always been a out parent involvement. You are the one making it happen. Congratulations!

[ride4fun]

WooHoo! WTG Jacob and Rose And you DL for working out the best methods for your kids to learn.

[Marci]

Congrats!!! I used to hate school. Home schooling might have made it better. But it just wasn't done back then.

[Jenni]

Congrats. Last year a couple of the teachers in my district started offering test retakes. In fact our administration really pushed for us all to allow retakes so I started allowing it too. I saw the same attitude with my students - well I can just retake it so no need to study or they thought they'd wait to see the test and then they would know what to study for the retake. I had students ask me as they were handing the test in - can I retake this tomorrow? Seriously - you haven't even gotten a grade back on it and had time to do more studying? So I require them to so some other work before they are allowed to retest - like a study guide or something. I really like the idea of the "grade recovery" method and would appreciate it if you could send me some specific examples.