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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Back when final exams were instilled in mcps curriculum the teachers actually made an effort and taught class, nowadays that is sorely lacking and to have final exams would be disastrous.[/quote]

Back then, the world and MCPS were different in many fundamental ways that have shaped what and how teachers teach.

For my subject area, the curriculum has shifted away from direct instruction entirely. It’s all inquiry-based learning. A teacher who stands at the front of the room to lecture or demonstrate would certainly be chastised by their department head. If they persisted, they would be placed on review. Students don’t practice with multiple choice anymore, unless they are enrolled in test prep.

The assessments in our curriculum are all writing. Adding a final wouldn’t be as simple as plopping in a 50 item multiple choice exam at the end of semesters. Students would likely be asked to write written responses to multiple prompts. In all fairness, students would need more than one hour to complete this. And teachers would need more than the current one day at the end of the marking period to grade. When my curriculum had finals before there were 30 multiple choice questions on a bubble sheet and one twenty point, single paragraph “BCR”. [/quote]

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