Test Corrections

Tests are the best way for a teacher and student to assess what exactly has been learned in a math class.  Sometimes tests reveal that students have mastered the material taught and sometimes they reveal otherwise.  That is why students are allowed to do test corrections.

Purpose of Test Corrections:

  1. To allow students to raise their test grades.
  2. To encourage students to master the concepts or computations tested so they are ready to move on to new material.

How to Complete a Test Correction:

  1. Find your graded test in Showbie.
  2. On the clean sheet of paper, rework any missed problems from the test in the order they appear on the test. Just to be clear, do not use annotation tools on Showbie to correct your graded test within that platform. Also, do not find your original test, erase your mistakes, and write new answers on that original test. Test corrections must be written on a new piece of paper. If you would like to reprint the original test and work the missed problems from scratch on a new test instead of plain paper, that is fine, but most student use notebook paper.
  3. Clearly number the problems you rework.
  4. If you miss a fill-in-the-blank answer that does not involve computations (like a definition), simply write your new answer.
  5. If you miss an answer that does involve computations, rework the problem in its entirety, showing all of your work. Your work should look like the teacher’s work when a similar problem is solved in class. If you get the right answer but your work is not written correctly and legibly, you will not get credit for the correction.
  6. In Geometry, if you miss a true/false or sometimes/always/never question, explain why your original answer is wrong and your new answer is right. You may want to refer to a particular theorem or postulate or you may want to draw a sketch or two to make your explanation convincing.
  7. Feel free to refer to your textbook and notebook. You are not cheating to read how to solve the problem in your textbook or to look at your homework for guidance. Who knows? The problem you missed may be just like one you did for homework!
  8. Feel free to get the help you need to rework the problems correctly. Ask a parent, sibling, friend, tutor, or anyone you know who knows math to explain what you did wrong if you can’t figure it out.
  9. When you have exhausted other resources and still do not understand a missed problem, or you think I made a mistake (because I do at times), contact me by email, and I will do what I can to help.
  10. Ideally, you will correct all of the problems that you missed on a test. If you made lower than an A on the test, you must correct all of the problems that you missed.
  11. Submit the test correction by uploading it to the test correction assignment for that particular test in Showbie. 

Due Date:

  1. You benefit most by doing a test correction immediately after receiving your test grade because you are less likely to repeat your mistakes on future tests.
  2. You are strongly encouraged to do test corrections right away while the material is still fresh in your mind.
  3. Your first attempt is due by the test correction due date on Showbie. If you are allowed to submit any additional test corrections for the same test, you will be told a new due date, which will usually be one week from the date you received feedback from the preceding test correction.

How a Test Correction Affects a Test Grade:

  1. For every wrong answer that is corrected, the student will earn back half of the points that were originally deducted. So, if four points were deducted, the correction will earn two points.
  2. No points will be awarded for incorrect “corrections.”
  3. No points will be awarded for correcting Extra Credit problems.

The instructor has sole discretion over whether to accept test corrections for a given test.  Semester exams are not eligible for test corrections.  Test corrections will not be accepted if a student does not complete the homework for the lessons covered on that test as described in the homework policies.

If A STUDENT RECEIVES A “B” OR LOWER ON A TEST, HE MUST COMPLETE AN ACCEPTABLE TEST CORRECTION AND CORRECT ALL MISSED PROBLEMS IN ORDER TO BE ENROLLED IN FUTURE MATH CLASSES.