I have a 15 year old/ in 9th grade. Adopted in November 2020. Finally had IEP setup February 2022. No progress has been made. Currently in due process waiting for a court date to fight for an OOD placement. I am noticing now that her grades are being inflated. Assuming this is being done to show progress for court. Of course ethically I know this is wrong, but does this violate any laws or anything that I can quote to let them know that hey I'm on to their game? They are also now giving her retests of any tests she fails. Test retakes were not part of her IEP.
My email to the teacher:
I see that M's Renaissance test score in Genesis is listed as 66% 35/53. But on her first time taking the test she score 10/106 and her second time taking the test she scored a 24/106. How did the grade become a 66%? Shouldn't it be a 22.64%?
Teacher's response email:
As noted in the comment for the Renaissance Quiz, "Grade was 6/53, but became a 35/53 with test corrections and extra credit.” The class is graded on an overall points system, not via percentages, so the ’22.64’ does not go into the grade book as that number, and neither does the '66’. As outlined in the syllabus, all assignments (tests, quizzes, classwork, etc) are weighted the same, although tests, quizzes, and projects may have more points, which is why this quiz is worth 53 points as opposed to classwork assignments which are usually 10-25 points a piece. Her initial grade was a 6/53, then became a 12/53 with test corrections, finally with the extra credit she earned during review games, it became a 35/53.
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I have a 15 year old/ in 9th grade. Adopted in November 2020. Finally had IEP setup February 2022. No progress has been made. Currently in due process waiting for a court date to fight for an OOD placement. I am noticing now that her grades are being inflated. Assuming this is being done to show progress for court. Of course ethically I know this is wrong, but does this violate any laws or anything that I can quote to let them know that hey I'm on to their game? They are also now giving her retests of any tests she fails. Test retakes were not part of her IEP.
My email to the teacher:
I see that M's Renaissance test score in Genesis is listed as 66% 35/53. But on her first time taking the test she score 10/106 and her second time taking the test she scored a 24/106. How did the grade become a 66%? Shouldn't it be a 22.64%?
Teacher's response email:
As noted in the comment for the Renaissance Quiz, "Grade was 6/53, but became a 35/53 with test corrections and extra credit.” The class is graded on an overall points system, not via percentages, so the ’22.64’ does not go into the grade book as that number, and neither does the '66’. As outlined in the syllabus, all assignments (tests, quizzes, classwork, etc) are weighted the same, although tests, quizzes, and projects may have more points, which is why this quiz is worth 53 points as opposed to classwork assignments which are usually 10-25 points a piece. Her initial grade was a 6/53, then became a 12/53 with test corrections, finally with the extra credit she earned during review games, it became a 35/53.
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