In the Gym
The only food/ drink/ AND Vessel allowed in the gym during exams.
Water Bottles with Water
Teachers should be present at school what hours during exam week?
7:45 am to 3:30 pm
When (time and date) does a teacher publish end of semester exam grades on SCHOOLOGY?
Noon on 12/22
What universal statement belongs on all exams?
The Honor Code - it should be signed by the student.
Student X arrives to the Tuesday morning exam a 9 am, forgetting we don't have late start.
Options:
- Be Merciful: Start the exam another location/ a different timeline
- Allow the student to start in the gym and when the 3 hours is up, they're done. No futher time extention
- Cancel the student's exam for the day, they'll need to reschedule
- Give the student a zero on the exam. We've asked them to know their schedule and be on time.
Never permitted on a student's body while taking an exam.
Phone OR smartwatch
Who should a teacher share course evaluations with?
When will a student see their graded exam?
The week of January 8th
Your exam will be with this department the day prior to the student actually taking it.
SSS
What if a student is sick Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of exam week?
Fit as many exams as possible in Thursday and Friday.
USE the tab on the exam schedule to schedule with existing make up exams.
Who might you see walking around, answering student questions, ensuring students are not communicating, keeping eyes out, and ensuring test integrity?
Proctor/ Teachers
While we always believe the best in our students, we set up rooms, and proctor and do our very best to prevent students from what?
Cheating/ Compromising Test Integrity
Course Evaluations should be finished by....the same date the gradebook "closes"
December 15
What tool might you use if you're worried your questions are written in language your students night not understand?
A readability calculator
A student comes to you and says, "I totally blanked on the exam. I studied and was ready, but couldn't recall anything and I got nervous." You have not graded the exam.
They may NOT go back/ redo the exam.
Consider grading the exam and then sitting one on one with the student to identify areas where they blanked.
Ask questions as to why they blanked? Have they been nervous before about exams?
Compare - did this happen on the other exams?
Contact - parents, homebase teacher, Kate or Mike, to see if the student needs to work through test strategies in the future to be less nervous.
What item might a student bring into the gym for AFTER the exam is submitted?
A book to read. NOT a textbook.
Reflection, reviewing, re-working problems, collaborating in small groups, making a group key, using exam questions as the daily warm up: All methods to what?
Review the exam in January
If you give a Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday exam, all your grades (ALL your grades), must be entered by what date and time?
8 am on 12/22
December 2024
90% of your students who test in the gym take 2.5 hours or more to complete your test. What might you do?
Review their responses - where were students struggling?
Consider if students were adequately prepared.
What content/ section might you omit in the future?
If you have students who did not finish, consider how you might fairly assess their exams.
Discuss with your department or department chair the how, the why and the next steps.
What should be in the hallway outside the gym?
NOTHING - no backpacks, study guides, etc. And no students. If a student needs to use the bathroom they should be walked out and a proctor should stand in the hallway to ensure their prompt return.
Unfinished and finished exams need to be stored/ kept HOW before, during and after exam week?
SECURELY
When will students receive their report cards?
12/23 at noon
Student X wants to review the exam with his tutor. what is our policy?
The exam doesn't leave school. The tutor and you and the student can review together.
After carefully grading your exams, you have a range of scores. The lowest scores were in the 20%-30% range. MOST of the scores were between 48% and 60%. 4 of 28 students scored in the high 70's low 80's. There are no A's on your exam.
Consider a 20% curve to ensure that the majority of student pass.
Consider how you will work with your 2 sections upon return.
Reflect - was this a fair test? Were students equitably graded?