More high schools ditching final exams

Chedva
Tue, 29 May 2007 12:23:11 +0000

Our high school has finals for all underclassmen. There are no finals in the visual and performing arts classes, or in PE. Some teachers have gotten around this requirement by assigning projects or papers, and making the final itself extremely easy. Mid-terms (taken by all students, including seniors) and finals account for 1/5 of the final grade.

Seniors don’t have to take finals at all. They get out a month earlier than underclassmen, and there are many mixed classes (juniors & seniors); teachers would have to write two different finals.