October 26, 2007
Mrs. Screws gave a quiz to both of her geometry classes on Friday. They were UGLY! First, grades had to be in, and she needed to include the quizzes. So, she did it on scantron, and I'm just not a fan of multiple choice math tests. Second, both classes did horrible. I would guess the average was around a 50. These were HONORS classes! Why did they do so poorly?
But, alas, this isn't the reason for my post. There is no way for me to know why they struggled because I wasn't present when the material was covered. My question is "What now?" Does she need to take more time to re-teach the material, or should she just press on? Should she let them make corrections or just scrap the quiz completely? Should there be a curve? Something clearly went very wrong, and I want to know how it should be fixed. I don't have answers for these questions. I have a few ideas of what I would do, but what do I know?
I'm going back tomorrow. It will be interesting to see how she handles the grades. I know some of the students are very conscientious, and they will be quite displeased when they see their grades. I see this being a very hard situation with no good answers, but I know it is one that I will face next semester. I would like to have some sort of game plan before it becomes an issue. So, I'm open to suggestions. What would you do?
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