Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Grade Replacement One of my administrators recently pointed out that our state's teacher observation system mandates that teachers use practices that represent final mastery of a skill or concept. My students receive number grades (averages). I have begun to replace one quiz grade per unit with the grade the student made on the unit test (if it is higher). A part of me feels that they need to be held accountable for each assessment. A doctor who is performing brain surgery doesn't get a redo. Is my grade replacement system okay, or do I need to find a better solution? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I understand your thoughts on grading and making students accountable for their grades, but you can't compare them to Drs because they are just kids. I give my students the oppurtunity to correct their mistakes on guizzes and give them points for every correction. I have them correct their mistakes on unit tests but do not change score on that test. I do retest them on their areas of weaknesses and will add that to their overall average grade. I want my students to understand their mistakes as well as be accountable for their progress.