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[quote=Anonymous]I was in an MCPS middle and high school 14-20 years ago, and we never saw our exams then either.

Midterms and finals are held on-site in a secure location (a special closet in the office, for example) until all tests are graded and accounted for.  Some students may be making up an exam, thus the difference in how long they are held on-site, and perhaps some staff members have received different information about when the tests would be sent.  Don't think it's a big secret, it's just mixed messages that ar ebeing passed on to you.  The tests are eventually processed by a testing coordinator and shipped out... to wherever secure materials hang out until they're allowed to be shredded.

I agree that this system is counter-productive for students who want to see what they got wrong and understand their mistakes, and most other teachers would agree.  Honestly, this is a failure of communication, because generally the message teachers get (in my experience as an educator, at least) is that tests cannot go home and therefore parents cannot view them.  There's no rule about going over them in class, but teachers have to turn them in to the testing coordinator so that person can complete the process mentioned above, and of course there is pressure to get the process over and done with as soon as possible.  It's a red tape nightmare for all involved.  Some teachers I used to work with would take sample questions that many students missed and go over those in class.

Perhaps in the future, OP, you and your child might have better luck speaking directly to the teacher ahead of time to let he or she know that you would like to have feedback when her exam is graded.  If I were the teacher in this case, it would be much simpler for me to make notes about which items she missed and perhaps make time for an after school or lunch time session to go over it, as per your special request.  It's a possibility.[/quote]

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