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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of the best teaching methods (or learning methods) is taking a test. You know the material better, remember it more deeply, than you did before taking the test. So if you didn’t do well on a test, the best way to learn it better is to take another test - it forces the brain to store and retrieve the information in memory. So, if the point of school is to learn, and not to achieve grades or rank kids, retakes should be available. [/quote

I hope that posters lamenting that only "special snowflakes" are somehow crying for retakes (because they didn't study, supposedly) can read the post above and understand what this PP is saying.

I also think those PPs will change their tunes and embrace this attitude when their kids are in high school. Some classes in our HS do have retake policies, with time limits (you can't retake a test weeks or months later) and sometimes limits on the maximum points a retake can earn. Kids aren't handed easy retakes, or an unlimited number of retakes. Or retakes in every class. But retakes in HS can help kids be better prepared for the next unit of learning, because each unit builds on the previous one, and as this PP notes, retakes can help students get the information more solidly in place before moving on.

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