Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Zero for a Summative Assessment? Mr. Nesbitt's school has a no late work policy. In fact, at the beginning of the school year, letters were sent home regarding the policy and parents were required to sign in to make sure that everyone was aware of the policy. Mr. Nesbitt assigned a math project that was a summative grade. Joey did not turn his in and received a zero which brought his average grade to failing. Mr. Nesbitt feels as though giving him a zero is quite harsh and wants to allow him an extra day to turn in his assignment with a 10 point penalty for turning it in late. What do you think he should do? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) If this is the school's policy and the student and parents were aware of this, I think the student deserves the grade unless he has a reasonable excuse or explanation that includes documentation of why the assignment was turned in late. If the teacher does not like the school's policy, he should talk to administration about it.