Students in a Modern Classroom won’t always show mastery the first time around. When a student falls short, it’s essential that they have the opportunity to revise their work, and then reassess in order to demonstrate mastery.

Whatever your policies, you’ll want to explain them in a clear way that your learners can easily understand. The best policies for both revision and reassessment will push students towards mastery, while setting and maintaining high expectations for each and every student.

We recommend that Modern Classroom educators: 

• Provide students an opportunity to revise practice work.

• Actionable suggestions like “re-watch the first part of the video” or “look at page 3 of the textbook” or “meet with a lesson expert to explain” allow students to self-direct their own revision. 

• Have a clear policy for reassessment when a student is unable to demonstrate mastery on a mastery check.

• Create a visual (slide, one-pager, classroom poster) reference that explains the process for revision and reassessment.

• Consider what students will need to do before they can reassess.

• Determine if alternate forms of assessment may be appropriate for reassessment.

Here are a variety of ways in which Modern Classroom Educators in different grade levels explain revision and reassessment to their students.

First Grade Math

Credit: Calla Miller - West Bloomfield, MI

Second Grade Math

Credit: Sherry Adkins - Jefferson County, KY

4th Grade Social Studies

Credit: Kelly Nixon - Jefferson County, KY

Elementary: Library / Media

Credit: Jennifer Lanham - Louisville, KY

Elementary: Earth Science

Credit: Nicole Spearman - Chicago, IL

8th Grade Math

Credit: Tanya DeBernardo - New Britain, CT

Middle School: Integrated Language Arts

Credit: Dawn Martorelli - Meriden, CT

Middle School: Resource Room Math

Credit: Erin Pomponio - Branchville, NJ

High School: English

Credit: Kristen Narowski - Newington, CT

High School: Special Ed Science

Credit: Giahan Phan - Chicago, IL

We collected a full slide deck with these examples. What does your revision and reassessment policy look like?