November 2011 | Volume 69 | Number 3
Effective Grading Practices
Pages 22-26
Redos and Retakes Done Right
Rick Wormeli
Allowing students to redo assignments and assessments is the best way to prepare them for adult life.
Jarrel plagiarized one paragraph in his health class essay on the dangers of second-hand smoke. Carla came to after-school review sessions and followed every direction, but she only scored a D on her English exam. Marco was distracted by other things when he did his history homework: It's full of incomplete thoughts and careless errors that he doesn't normally make.
All three students would like to redo their assignment or assessment properly, and they would like to receive full credit for the new versions they submit. All three cases put our instructional mind-set to the test.
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