WWBOTB do? Not baby/pregnancy related

mrsadamc 05

I have 4 seniors.  They took a unit test yesterday.  Grades were not good. 

2 kiddos got 26/41 = 63%
1 kiddo got 27/41 = 66%
1 kiddo got 22/41 = 54% 

Obviously the test was harder than I thought. 

If you were me would you curve the test?  And if you curve it would you give them 5 points, 10 points or a 10% boost?  Or would you do something else? 

I don't usually curve but they all did really poorly, even the smart kid! 

jbyoung

What kind of class and what was the material on?

zoieglow

Can you re-evaluate the exam and re-test? And maybe take the average of the two scores?

mrsadamc 05

jbyoung:

What kind of class and what was the material on?

British Literature.  The Romantic Poets (Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley, Blake, Burns, Gordon). 

nikisnow

zoieglow:

Can you re-evaluate the exam and re-test? And maybe take the average of the two scores?

Something like this.  Maybe go over the stuff that most seemed to get wrong, and give them a quiz or re-test next week.  

buckin

What about giving them an Extra credit test with same material but a little easier? and add that to the total..like an extra 10 questions or something?

Beabs

I remember a prof in college that gave us a test that just about everyone failed. Instead of going over the answers in class when he was done grading them, he gave us the tests to take home and work on using our notes, book, etc.  It ended up making it more like a homework assignment, but it helped us learn the material and didn't ruin anyone's grades.

jbyoung

mrsadamc 05:

jbyoung:

What kind of class and what was the material on?

British Literature.  The Romantic Poets (Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley, Blake, Burns, Gordon). 

I'd probably go with extra credit, then.  You could always curve, but that's really giving them an easy way out.

TheMrs923

I would re-evaluate, retest and take the average OR if it's a test where this is possible, allow them to correct wrong answers with the book and give half credit.

TremoloHoney

Beabs:

I remember a prof in college that gave us a test that just about everyone failed. Instead of going over the answers in class when he was done grading them, he gave us the tests to take home and work on using our notes, book, etc.  It ended up making it more like a homework assignment, but it helped us learn the material and didn't ruin anyone's grades.

 I had the same thing happen in Physics class.  Very effective.

ginifred

What was the highest score?

I had a teacher in highschool that adjusted the grades because everyone did so bad.  The highest grade was a low 90 (lets leave it at 90 to make the math easy), but 85% of the class came in under 75.

 She added 10 points to the highest so they got a 100, and added 10 points across the board.  Those that got below a 60 still failed (they probably would have failed anyway), but it brought the class average up.

She either added 10 points or multiplied everyone's grade by 110%.

Does that make sense? 

Mrs.EliK

What if you took out the most common questions that everyone got wrong?

lo45fd98wq32

Throw it out and reteach.

mrsadamc 05

AuntIsha:

Throw it out and reteach.

I'm leaning toward this.  It was a huge fail of a unit on my part.  It's just disappointing to admit that you did a crummy job teaching!