Pushing to the Right

Here is the data on the first summative assessment of the year. There are a number of things that are striking about the image.

1. I was disappointed in the number of students not meeting the standard the first attempt. After lots of practice, the scores on formative assessments indicated students had come to some level of mastery. There is some work that needs to be done in the future with the formative assessments being a predictor of success or failure.
2. Once the shock of the first assessment had passed, students used the retake/redo policy to demonstrate learning and have been consistently showing me that.
3. Some students, even with the retake/redo policy won't make the effort to learn more and try again.
4. Students saw what the assessment style was like and will make the adjustment for the next summative assessment.

The retake/redo business has been formalized with the application process*.  Last year at this time, I would be overwhelmed by the students retaking a portion of an assessment. I gave up my prep, my lunch, before and after school..... There is no doubt that I'll still have a lot of students trying to re-learn or learn for the first time in order to reach proficiency and earn the 3, but the chaos will be a bit more contained to a couple of regularly scheduled times. If that doesn't work for the students.....I'll have that conversation on an individual basis.

*Thanks again to @c_durley and @crystalkirch for ideas about applications to reassess.