assessment item - 1 week to do (1 Viewer)

[mattsta]

Is it ok for a teacher to hand out an assessment item which we have 1 week to do, and which is within 2 weeks of the trial exams?

I think thats unfair to be honest.

 

[^CoSMic DoRiS^^]

you're supposed to get 2 weeks notice for a start, so thats a bit unfair in any case. im not sure what the rules are about setting tasks close to exams however. at my school i think they dont give out tasks, or make them due, within one week of an exam.

 

[Abbeygale]

My maths teacher said something the other day about there being a two week period before the exams in which teachers aren't allowed to give assessments. That might just be a school rule- does the BOS have anything to say officially about it?
Certainly the one week's notice seems unfair. Call the Board of Studies and find out if you have any options.

 

[Rafy]

Its school policy at my school to

a) Not schedule an assesment within 2 weeks of the start of Half Yearlies or Trials, and
b) give 2 weeks notice for an assesment.


Although that is only at my school, It seems that most schools have similar rules in place (so may very well be a bos guideline)

 

[Danni07]

The 2 weeks notice thing is almost definitely set in stone from what I can gather, I don't have any hard evidence with me, and I'm too busy to look it up but I'm sure I've read it somewhere. As for the non-assessment period for 2 weeks beforehand, well our school doesn't follow that so I'm guessing it's not a rule or my school just sucks. However, it is policy at my school not to schedule any assessments after trials, so I guess it's all upto the individual school.