<p>This is something I’ve been thinking about as well. My 9th grader has a very hard time with studying. She’ll make flash cards, she’ll repeat the info out loud, I’ll quiz her … and often, it just doesn’t stick with her. Her grades are okay precisely because of what the OP says - homework, quizzes, projects, extra credit. And I know that won’t be the case forever - really, not even all the way through high school. So it’s been bothering me that she could get into a college and then be totally unprepared because it’s a very different grading system than she is experiencing now.</p>