Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Retake Madness A teacher works in a school with a mandatory retake policy. Students enrolled in this school may retake or turn in any assignment up to twice in the ten days following the original due date of the assignment. Many students abuse this policy by not putting effort into their tests and waiting until 10 days past the due date of an assignment before turning anything in. This creates a grading nightmare for teachers, and students who wait for retakes or turn in assignments so far beyond the due date tend to perform poorly on the assessments. The teacher feels that this policy is unrealistic and removes accountability from the equation for students, who ultimately will be the ones to suffer for it. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I would make sure that there is an initial due date that the students must take the test by and then allow them to take the test again within a certain amount of time. If the first test tells them which questions they missed then they can go back and review the information which can help them learn the required material. Having a minimum requirements for the initial grade is also a great idea that can improve student initiative.