Re: Retesting...was Extra Credit

[SSHS KPHOX <kphox@MAIL.CCSD.K12.CO.US>]

PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu writes:
> What does the group feel about offering students some retest
> opportunities? I
> think this was mentioned before but not discussed.
> When I do this the retest has a maximum value--I may allow them to raise
> the
> grade to the average of the two. It is not extra credit but they do have
> another
> opportunity to demonstrate that they can apply the material.

I do this with regularity. I make rules that say the best available score
is 89%, a grade can be lowered at my discretion. Both of these are to save
me work as students are encouraged to take a retest only if they did quite
poorly, not the B student grubbing for the A, or the B- squeezing to a B+.

It works for me, but it is interesting how many students do about the same
as before.

Ken Fox
AP/IB Physics Teacher
Smoky Hill High School
Aurora, CO