I don't mind as much about whether it's fair in the present-day, exactly -- I do see that they have to have stringent rules around regrading, otherwise I'm sure everyone and their parents would descend upon them -- but it would make me feel a lot better if they'd actually look at it, or indicate they might, for fairness in the future, ugh.

Hmm. I see what you mean about exploratory math work, but right now the pendulum is tipped too far the other way -- she hasn't been able to do exploratory work with this class (which is also her forte, and which worked quite well with the previous class E was in which consisted of transfers who knew a lot already) not because there's too much assessment but because the kids don't know enough! I suppose it's always hard to keep a proper balance...