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    I've learned through the years to be careful about assumptions with grading, especially if I'm viewing an online grade portal. Often times either there was a typo, half the assignment / test is recorded one day and the remainder at a later point in time, the assignment doesn't count toward the final grade, or some other such thing isn't shown because the grading software doesn't allow for it. If something doesn't appear to look right, I've learned just to send an e-mail to the teacher asking clarifying questions. 95% of the time it's a simple over sight or the software doesn't allow the teacher to denote all of the actual circumstances.

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    This reminds me of an assignment my ds had recently. They were to create a 3D model of an animal cell and label each of the parts. DS worked on it for hours over a period of a day or two, and did a beautiful job. He was finished early (unlike my older ds who was always energized by waiting until the last minute). The teacher had the class first grade their own work and then each project was to be graded by a peer. Well, ds thought it would be "braggy" to give his project a perfect score so took a few random points off. And the peer that graded his project after followed suit. Gave him the same points off for the same "issues". The teacher recorded the grade. DS was upset. He felt he deserved a better grade.

    Now regardless of how I feel about peers grading work in 5th grade, the biggest lesson for ds was to value his effort and work and that false modesty is not only unnecessary but also can bite you later.

    DH is an art professor and ends each semester with an individual critique with each student in every class. As part of it he has them fill out some paperwork about the course, what they like best/least, what they did/didn't learn, etc. On that form he asks them what grade they think they deserve for the course. I think this is mostly to address the issue so many people have of "but HOW can you grade art?". Every semester he has stories about the students who skip class, don't turn in assignments or generally turn in work reflecting absolutely no effort - inevitably these student indicate that they "deserve" a grade several letters above what the actual course work should have earned. On the other hand there is a percentage of his "best" or "better" students who put down a lower grade than they actually earned.

    I find this interesting since all assignments are graded and returned prior to the final critique. I've never been clear on how a stack of graded work with C's and D's can become "B+" in a student's mind. Somehow the modesty of a pile of A's with an occasional B becoming a "B" makes more sense to me. I think it has to do with the whole "over achiever" mind set. I wonder if this is a bigger problem with our kids than we know...

    Wow. Fascinating. Thanks for sharing this.

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    It might be a mistake, or computer error. Early this trimester my son's math grade dropped to a 30% (F). I freaked for a second before I noticed that the teacher had entered a homework assignment as a test. My son had gotten a zero on this homework (not pleased to see he didn't do the homework, but as homework is only 15% of the grade one assignment is barely a blip on the grade). But given it was entered as a test (60% of the grade) and there had been no tests yet. Emailed the teacher and he fixed it..

    Other possibility is it wasn't handed in on time. Starting late 7th grade my kids teachers started taking NO LATE homework. But I wouldn't expect a teacher to give a zero if a student at least tried.

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    Don't feel dumb. Ha - ask me how I know that kids get a "Z" for doing a great job on something and then not turning it in (I guess I should let it go, since she has successfully graduated from college but yep, that was my eldest - gifted, yes; executive functioning, no!).
    And I read your post in ultimate brag thread and it was NOT too braggy. Honestly, it was just factual - that was what the teacher actually wrote (and yay!!! It was awesome). Try to think of it as the equivalent of "she had a great game and scored two goals." smile Here, in this forum at least, just as acceptable.
    Online grading can be weird. I like it, but this year, with my youngest going to the middle school for math, it's been interesting. He isn't in the MS online grading system like the others have been, so in some ways (this particular teacher sends home very little) it's actually been nice. We don't see one bad homework assignment, or something not handed in.... it IS actually about the learning. Kind of refreshing actually!
    Anyway, glad it all worked out.

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    I would follow up. DS10 has a 6th grade English teacher that gives 0's on late work, or incomplete work, even not fully following directions. No partial credit just 0. And if its late you still have to complete it, no grade still 0. Teacher is very big on following directions, and being responsible.

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    Seems pretty unreasonable to me.

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