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BIM kids learn from middle school onward that the "challenging curriculum" means tests, tests, tests, and tests.  If you want your kid to learn how to handle a stupid number of tests in one week and have his fate and reputation rest on the test scores, then send him to BIM.

Otherwise not so much.[/quote]
My kids had no problem at all with the testing load.  In a lot of ways, frequent testing made the tests less stressful.  If you only have 1 test per grading period, it becomes a very large portion of your grade.  If you have many tests, no individual test counts for that much.

In many subjects, like math, chemistry, and physics, getting prompt feedback on what you do and don't understand is important.  The frequent tests and quizzes are helpful for kids to see what they didn't quite understand and then address that gap in understanding promptly.  Also, the frequent tests keep kids on track, so they don't procrastinate as much and fall far behind.

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