If they know they will be gone, I have them take the i-RAT early and give their answer sheet to their team for the Team RAT (I also have done this for a blind student, who took the test right before class and sent her test to me); if they take it later, I average their i-RAT score with the t-RAT score to come up with their team's T-RAT score. If they score higher than their team, I obviously give them the higher score :) Judi Bradetich, M.S., M.M., CFLE Lecturer, Development and Family Studies Dept. of Educational Psychology University of North Texas (940) 565-3962 ________________________________ From: Team-Based Learning <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Joel Sodano <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 3:29 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: IRAT & Absences? Hi James, One approach that has worked well for me in the past is that I have given students who miss, for an acceptable reason, the average of their teammates' individual scores for the iRAT and the team score for the tRAT. I second Ann's method for dealing with planned excused absences. I don't give extra time for students who arrive late. Joel Joel P. Sodano Jr., Doctoral Candidate | Department of English | University at Albany (SUNY) | [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 3:10 PM, James Latham <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Hello, I am implementing TBL into my Economics Courses for the first time next Spring. I have not decided how to deal with absences regarding the IRAT. I would appreciate any advice anyone may have. Thanks, Michael