I'm wondering if what I did today is a good idea, or whether it is misguided. We were having a quiz on ratios, rates, and proportions. Yesterday the students passed in their study guidelines sheet that they did for homework and I reviewed it. There were quite a few students still struggling with the concepts,even though they could use resources to fill out the study guide. It got me thinking, maybe not everyone is ready for the quiz. So, I made up a review packet and new study guide for them to fill out. But thought it wouldn't be fair to those who were ready to take the quiz to make them do more review and put off the quiz. This morning's bellwork was to write me a note "are you ready to take the quiz? why or why not?". I then split the class, those ready to take it set up in quiz formation and those not ready went into small group and we practiced more. I was able to instruct them and give them more practice, even in the same classroom as those taking the quiz. These students will do the review packet over the weekend and take the quiz Monday while the other students work on independent activities. My questioning really comes down to, was this a fair way to go, was I setting my students up with unrealistic expectations going forward (in other words, will they no longer prepare when required thinking they have extra time)? BTW, I always allow retakes on quizzes and tests, but in this case I assumed these students would have needed the retake so I was trying to "beat the system". Thoughts and comments are appreciated, please.