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!) Mr. Nesbitt should stick with the policy for the sake of maintaining an organized and fair grading policy for all students. If he allows this student to slide without following policy, then many of the other students will begin to turn in work late. This will create more frustration for Mr. Nesbitt in grading all assessments in a timely manner. There are alternative ways in knowing if a student understands the concept, so he can apply one of those methods for this assignment.