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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree it doesn't prep them for college in terms of the do-over, but APS's stated goal is for kids to learn the material.  If a test is one and done they just move on.  Few kids spend the time to review it.  [b]The retakes plus remediation were supposed to lead to kids going back over their test, doing corrections and studying more for a retake therefore leading to better understanding and knowledge of the material.[/b]

The only class my DC has needed to do this in is math.  The teacher clearly hates it since it does require reviewing the remediation packet plus grading a whole second test.  He also only does the retake during class, so the kids doing the retake miss out on whatever is being done that day and start by playing catchup in that next unit.

It's easy to say that means they should have learned it the first time, and maybe that's right.  I have a DC who is working really hard but this particular combination of subject matter and teacher is causing a lot of struggle. The retakes cause stress but at least are providing impetus to keep trying.

In other classes teachers have already been telling kids that if they get a 93 or something they can't retake just to gun for a 99.  An A is an A.    [/quote]

This is what "final exams" used to be. Final exams now seem not to necessarily be a test covering the entire semester/year like they were when I was in high school. [/quote]

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