<p>Our Jrs and Srs are exempt from finals in classes where they have As all four quarters. They have taken the mid-term, and don’t get the green light until the last minute as forth quarter grades aren’t calculated until the last minute so most do prep anyway. I have no problem with this method. </p>
<p>I am with others who say get rid of the standardized tests that are causing so much overload (or greatly modify). We have the SOLs (I am NOT making this up! Standards Of Learning) in May given in various subjects on differing years. It’s a real pain. The bar to pass is quite low IMO. They have been revamped to avoid too many kids getting perfect scores. Well, that’s what happens when kids are now ‘taught to the test’ and funding is tied to scores.</p>