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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OMG what a mess MCPS is.  In my son's private, he has mid terms and finals.  These tests count for one third of his semester grade.  The final exams happen two per day over 4 days.  He takes 7 courses, so that is 7 exams.  The exams are on top of any AP exams he takes (which are mandatory).  Stress level is not that of a typical W high school.  These kids are taught well and have text books.  There are various levels of academic rigor in the school.  My son is on the higher level of that.

In the weeks preceding exam week, students are really working hard, studying, etc.  Classes the week prior to exam week are dedicate to review.  These kids come out of these courses really knowing the material.

My son is a senior, but I know parents of kids who have already graduated from this school and gone on to college.  Many say college is a cakewalk compared to this high school.  The kids are very well prepared for college because they had a similar curriculum, i.e. cumulative exams and having to write papers on a regular basis.

So glad we left MCPS.

Oh, and by the way, our tuition is &lt; $25K.

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Glad you are happy but I am not looking for a HS where my kids has to take AP's in addition to finals.  What do you think that accomplishes?  MCPS used to spend a week prepping for finals and taking them 2x a year.  That is a month of class time.  I actually do not think MCPS should have gotten rid of all finals the way they did..but where there is an AP/IB test, I think that is enough.  My junior will take 6 AP exams this year.  I feel she will be ok with college level exams when she gets there.[/quote]

I am the PP you quoted.  Where there is an AP exam, there is a final, however, it is not during final week.  It is actually before the AP exam AND it is used as a review to prep for the AP exam.  So you may still want to look into this private school, because they are doing a MUCH better job educating kids than MCPS -- and I live in a W cluster.

The problem is where kids don't take APs.  What happens to these middle of the road to lower level kids who don't take APs?  They really get the crap end of the stick because they have no experience with any sort of cumulative testing.  At our private, kids who don't take APs still have final exams.  Sad state of affairs at MCPS.[/quote]

Another private school parent who loves to spout off about MCPS...  Yes I should look into your (unnamed) private school because they do a pre-AP exam to help prep.  Thanks for the suggestion.[/quote]

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