District-wide assessments?

[Liziz]

This year, my 4th grader has "module tests" approximately every 6 weeks in all 4 of her main subject areas (ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies). They are tests on the computer (which is nothing new to her, she did many computer tests last year for routine assessments). However, after taking the test, all she received afterwards was a slip of paper with her final score. The test wasn't reviewed in class, nor available for me to review with her at home. She did not do well on the first module test and was quite upset. She went in and talked to her teacher, who gave her some fairly generic "extra practice" she could do if she wanted to improve next time (it was just some random IXL online quizzes, nothing specific). I then had an email exchange with the teacher, in which I learned that the module tests are district-wide tests, and therefore they are not allowed to share the test with parents or send home anymore information besides the final grade.

I specifically told the teacher that my DD really benefits and needs to review tests after completion. She is an excellent student, but testing is not her strong suit. She benefits a lot from reviewing a test after she takes it, and it absolutely helps her performance moving forward. The teacher said she would pull my daughter aside and go through the missed questions with her in school, so for this particular assessment, we're all good now. But, I'm very unimpressed that our district wide policy involves routine testing (I could understand a final assessment at the end of the year or something, but not the routine stuff) where neither students nor parents have the ability to review the test after the fact.

The other very frustrating part of this policy is the (again, district wide) rule that "83 or above is considered subject mastery. Students who score below an 83 are considered to not have fully mastered the material and it is expected all students will score above an 83. Students who score below a 70 will have the opportunity to re-take the test to achieve mastery". So there's this gap from 70-83 where a student is considered to have not achieved what is expected, but yet are considered not bad enough to re-take. (Not that I'm saying this to my DD, but my strategic mind thinks "geez, if you're not feeling good about the test, just make an effort to bomb it, then you get another shot -- which is better than ending up in the gray zone of bad but not bad enough to re-take") My DD scored a 73 on this exam, so she was impacted by this.

I realize none of this is the teacher's choice and I'm not really ready to mount a fight against the district (we have bigger fish to fry here, like the district's refusal to notify direct contacts that they've had COVID exposures and such...), but I'm just wondering if this is totally normal and I'm being too picky, or if this is just standard these days? Both to the fact the test isn't reviewed or available to be reviewed after the fact, and also the re-take policy.

ETA: based on responses so far, I want to clarify. These are not state standardized testing. The kids do that, too. These are regular module tests over the material they've covered in class for the past few weeks. They are tests the students are encouraged to study for, not the standardized "can't-really prepare" tests. For example, in Science DD's class just finished up a unit on Light and Reflection. That is what the district-wide module test will cover. The test DD did poorly on was over 2 specific stories that she had studied and discussed in class. They not only count towards the grade, but they are double-weighted compared to all other scores in the gradebook.