Need to be on the same schedule with community colleges to enhance the Career College Promise
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Kari Barnes
8 years ago
Graduated from a NC high school and I agree testing needs to happen before break while school material is fresh in the brain, not two or three weeks later!
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Belle Brindle
8 years ago
Exams before break, knowledge is forgotten over a month of rest, time of rest should follow a high stress such as exams.
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Megan Stanley Leftwich
8 years ago
I hated this so much. It really doesn't make sense...
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Jeanette Hege
8 years ago
Exams before Christmas break just makes good sense for both weather, and material retention in students.
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Gianni Niglio
8 years ago
As a teacher I know it’s harder for students to retain information over break. They need a fresh start. And we have snow in Jan a lot and it prevents exams from going on
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Patricia Carpenter
8 years ago
They also need to streamline the exams down to 1 format. There is no reason for a CTE, NCFE and EOC. Pick one format for everything.
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Robbin Briley
8 years ago
As both a teacher in middle school, who deals with the effects for NCFE testing and a mother of a current high school senior this should of been corrected a long time ago. The current calendar restraints actually keep our kids from doing their very best. We talk about loss of information over summer break, but students also have that loss happen over winter break as well. It is a struggle to get them refocused, to finish the last unit of information or two left in your curriculum. Then to review for testing at the end of the semester? It's like herding cats, a former principal of ours shared a video clip about that. Right now my son is dealing with starting college courses at the local community college and due to the weather having to take exams even later. It's all absolutely ridiculous and using the excuse of needing this for the tourism industry in NC just doesn't cut it anymore.
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Derek Reeves
8 years ago
Politicians are ruining education
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Jon Gragg
8 years ago
One of the dumbest things our state has ever done was saying we can start until the last week of August!
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Paula Daniels
8 years ago
I agree!
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Adam Fier
8 years ago
100% agree
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Allison Snyder
8 years ago
As a student I think that not having 2 weeks off before testing would improve my exam grades drastically.
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Betty smith
8 years ago
We are still in exams due to weather. Very hard on the kids and teachers.
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Holly Reiter
8 years ago
Common sense, please!
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Justin Blanchard
8 years ago
High school kids in NC should take their exams before Christmas break so they would have their time off to focus on the fun of Christmas and not on exams.
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Paul OBriant
8 years ago
Do what is in the best interest of the students' education.
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Danielle Jerman
8 years ago
Makes so much more since to test before they take their winter break. They can come back refreshed and start a new semester.
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Lauren McMillan
8 years ago
This should be common sense. I'm still shocked I have to sign a petition to help make this happen
Need to be on the same schedule with community colleges to enhance the Career College Promise
Graduated from a NC high school and I agree testing needs to happen before break while school material is fresh in the brain, not two or three weeks later!
Exams before break, knowledge is forgotten over a month of rest, time of rest should follow a high stress such as exams.
I hated this so much. It really doesn't make sense...
Exams before Christmas break just makes good sense for both weather, and material retention in students.
As a teacher I know it’s harder for students to retain information over break. They need a fresh start. And we have snow in Jan a lot and it prevents exams from going on
They also need to streamline the exams down to 1 format. There is no reason for a CTE, NCFE and EOC. Pick one format for everything.
As both a teacher in middle school, who deals with the effects for NCFE testing and a mother of a current high school senior this should of been corrected a long time ago. The current calendar restraints actually keep our kids from doing their very best. We talk about loss of information over summer break, but students also have that loss happen over winter break as well. It is a struggle to get them refocused, to finish the last unit of information or two left in your curriculum. Then to review for testing at the end of the semester? It's like herding cats, a former principal of ours shared a video clip about that. Right now my son is dealing with starting college courses at the local community college and due to the weather having to take exams even later. It's all absolutely ridiculous and using the excuse of needing this for the tourism industry in NC just doesn't cut it anymore.
Politicians are ruining education
One of the dumbest things our state has ever done was saying we can start until the last week of August!
I agree!
100% agree
As a student I think that not having 2 weeks off before testing would improve my exam grades drastically.
We are still in exams due to weather. Very hard on the kids and teachers.
Common sense, please!
High school kids in NC should take their exams before Christmas break so they would have their time off to focus on the fun of Christmas and not on exams.
Do what is in the best interest of the students' education.
Makes so much more since to test before they take their winter break. They can come back refreshed and start a new semester.
This should be common sense. I'm still shocked I have to sign a petition to help make this happen
Please put the students needs first!!