Respond to a student's grade appeal or regrade request

Help me review a student's regrade request and write my reply. The student's request: [PASTE IT] The assignment prompt and rubric or answer key: [PASTE] The student's work and my original feedback and score: [PASTE OR SUMMARIZE the relevant parts] My regrade policy: [e.g. "requests within 7 days, in writing; the whole assignment may be regraded"] How other students were graded on this item: [e.g. "same partial credit given to all students who made this error"] First, review the request: 1. Summarize the student's argument in one or two sentences. 2. Check their work against the rubric criterion by criterion. Say where the original grade looks right, where it looks wrong, and where it is a judgment call. 3. Check for consistency: would changing this grade require changing others? 4. Recommend: keep, raise, or lower (if my policy allows), with the reasoning. Then draft a reply that: - Thanks them and confirms I reviewed the work against the rubric. - Explains the decision by pointing to specific criteria and parts of their work. - Gives one concrete tip for the next assignment. - States the next step if they want to escalate, per my policy. Under 200 words, respectful and firm. The final decision is mine; flag anything I should check myself.