I have had this happen before. If two options are equally plausible, then I
wrote a poor question for the RAP process. I would rescore all the iRATs
and award full credit for either option.

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David Raeker-Jordan
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Widener University School of Law
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On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 9:05 AM, Andrew W Keitt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I know that appeals are only granted to teams, but I’m have some push back
> on this policy and am having trouble justifying it. Let’s say there are two
> answers and there is a good case to be made that they are equally
> plausible—the team picks the “correct” answer, but the individual student,
> although she has made a good argument for her choice, is out of luck. In a
> big class it’s not feasible to entertain each individual appeal, but apart
> from logistics I’m having a hard time justifying it.
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion for how to deal with this?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Andrew Keitt
>