Have you tried using a program like USA Test Prep? I use the program for 7th grade, and I am amazed! You can create assignments based on particular standards. If the student scores below a certain percentage, it then allows them to watch videos, participate in lessons, and retest on the one specific standard. This option definitely makes it easier on the teacher to analyze data and reteach material!

Record your grades with decimals. For example, if a student makes a 50 on his first attempt and a 75 on his second attempt, then his recorded grade would be a 75.50. This way you know students have retested and what they scored without extra documentation. Another suggestion would be to require students to do more work as remediation. This forces students to really work to reassess, which will cut down on students reassessing standards over and over, because they will become tired of the remediation.

I made a specific form that students must fill out every time they submit a retest and they must complete it in full in order to receive credit. For each problem that students miss they must tell me what their original answer was, what their new answer is, and why they had initially missed the question. This reflection aspect challenges students to defend their new thinking and take time to consider what they had initially thought. I have noticed that through implementing this, the number of corrections that students need to make has lessened as the semester goes on.

This is the age of computers, so the most logical way to handle this type of situation is to create a spread sheet to track the grades for individual students and use the compiled data to show a students progression using some type of chart or bar graph.

Recently, many have said to simply overwrite the old scores and only keep the current score. If the students have been retested, that current score is where they are currently as it relates to mastering the standard. I would suggest just placing the tests in a folder until the end of the 9 weeks and then sending them all home so that the parent can see how they progressed.

Filing and organizing are going to be your best friend when this happens! Keeping on top of all of the retakes and making sure you don't fall behind will be the key to being successful in grading all of those papers.

I would make a spreadsheet of the retest grades and constantly update it, then file the tests. You could work with your other 3rd grade teachers and designate one or two hours every week to retesting. Each teacher could do a different test that needs to be retaken, and students can go to the coinciding classroom. Students who do not need to retake can work on a separate assignment.