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What a stupid thing to say. Every student gets them[/quote]

There might be some foundation to the claim, PP.  There's a lot of gaming of the system that goes on at BASIS.  The obvious example is "Mastery Defense," where you can re-take questions on math tests repeatedly until you finally get them right.  That's the easiest way to get an A in math.  There are also plenty of opportunities to re-take quizzes in other classes during student hours, and our DC reported receiving advance notice of test questions by attending student hours.  I even heard that a few kids were been promoted after failing their comps by completing packets over the summer.

BASIS is not as even handed as some would have you believe.[/quote]

You raised MY case! All the things you list are made available to ALL students. It is up to them to take advantage of them or not.[/quote]

Some are available to all students -- at least those with unlimited time to spend at school attending mastery defense and student hours.  Unfortunately, some students have other commitments, and their grades suffer for it.

As for advance notice of test questions during student hours, my impression from DC is that only a very small group of students benefited.  It probably also depended on WHO happened to be there.   [/quote]

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