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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would never allow my child to attend a school that allows retests. [/quote]

+ 1.  I wouldn't allow them to attend a middle school or high school that allows retests.  I went to public school in BFE and we never had retests.[/quote]

So dumb. Trial and error is a great learning tool.[/quote]
np.. it would be but that's not how a lot of kids use the "re-test" chance.

My DC was in a magnet program, and they said that a lot of kids do use the "re-test" chance to get out of studying.  Mind you, these kids are super busy with lots of activities and taking hard classes, but they aren't using the "re-test" as a learning tool.

That said, I have also told my kids that colleges don't allow re-tests, and that they should not rely on that in HS, either, because you never know what will happen later, and also it's a bad habit.

My DC now in college is a CS major, and a lot of the hard classes are curved.  DC is a strong student and cares about their grades.  There are no re-tests, but the professors will grade on a curve for the harder tests.[/quote]

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