The students need to be tested before holiday break. In my opinion, your setting students and teachers up for failure and frustration with the current testing calendar.
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Sherilee Deal
8 years ago
This is EXACTLY the topic of conversation I have had with parents and peers over the last couple of weeks.... before the snow storm that hit our area today.
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Susan Corriher
8 years ago
Common sense, people...common sense.
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Benjamin Lunsford
8 years ago
I have a child in middle school and agree exams should be done before the break.
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amy hussey
8 years ago
Yes I agree
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Sheelah Smith
8 years ago
The break should be a break.
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Ashlyn Jordan
8 years ago
As a high school teacher of 17 years, I believe this change is vital to improving student performance. We had exams before break for several years when I first began teaching and it was a much more effective schedule!
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Alexis Craig
8 years ago
Exams should start before holiday break begins.
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Kimberly Smith
8 years ago
It only makes sense to complete the semester, testing and all, before the holiday break.
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Kristina Neumiller
8 years ago
I am a senior in high school and I know from previously attending a private school that getting finals done before holiday break is so much better than how the system is set up for public schools.
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Brandi Gadson
8 years ago
Look at it this way...they’d get out 2 weeks earlier for summer! :)
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Renee Fox
8 years ago
This needs to happen for our students!
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Don Mitchell
8 years ago
It has happened too often that snow or inclement weather has disrupted exams
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Les-Lee Ihme
8 years ago
If you are truly preparing our children for college, why does our testing schedule not reflect that of all colleges'?
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Keri Holman
8 years ago
It does not serve our students to take exams after break because they loose content knowledge and are bombarded by chaotic weather breaks. This puts them at a disadvantage not to mention their teachers who have worked hard to prepare them.
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Nicholas Carl
8 years ago
As a future educator, and as a recently graduated high school student, I am very qualified to say that students gain absolutely nothing in terms of improved test scores by waiting before break, and teachers are put under unnecessary stress because of the break. Tourism and the income it pulls should not influence whether or not students can pass/fail a class, nor should it influence how a teacher has to schedule class time.
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Margaret Miles
8 years ago
I have been saying this forever!
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ANTOINETTE GARRISON
8 years ago
This policy is ridiculous. I am in favor of before holiday testing. It's unfair to our kids
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Kim Deal
8 years ago
Take tests before the holiday break!
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Anonymous
8 years ago
Agree that testing should be done before Christmas break
The students need to be tested before holiday break. In my opinion, your setting students and teachers up for failure and frustration with the current testing calendar.
This is EXACTLY the topic of conversation I have had with parents and peers over the last couple of weeks.... before the snow storm that hit our area today.
Common sense, people...common sense.
I have a child in middle school and agree exams should be done before the break.
Yes I agree
The break should be a break.
As a high school teacher of 17 years, I believe this change is vital to improving student performance. We had exams before break for several years when I first began teaching and it was a much more effective schedule!
Exams should start before holiday break begins.
It only makes sense to complete the semester, testing and all, before the holiday break.
I am a senior in high school and I know from previously attending a private school that getting finals done before holiday break is so much better than how the system is set up for public schools.
Look at it this way...they’d get out 2 weeks earlier for summer! :)
This needs to happen for our students!
It has happened too often that snow or inclement weather has disrupted exams
If you are truly preparing our children for college, why does our testing schedule not reflect that of all colleges'?
It does not serve our students to take exams after break because they loose content knowledge and are bombarded by chaotic weather breaks. This puts them at a disadvantage not to mention their teachers who have worked hard to prepare them.
As a future educator, and as a recently graduated high school student, I am very qualified to say that students gain absolutely nothing in terms of improved test scores by waiting before break, and teachers are put under unnecessary stress because of the break. Tourism and the income it pulls should not influence whether or not students can pass/fail a class, nor should it influence how a teacher has to schedule class time.
I have been saying this forever!
This policy is ridiculous. I am in favor of before holiday testing. It's unfair to our kids
Take tests before the holiday break!
Agree that testing should be done before Christmas break