I’m back in school and trust me I was surprised.
They get multiple choice, lowest scores thrown out, extra credit, and redo’s if they feel they did bad.
I was totally stunned but what got me most was if half the class gets a question wrong then the question is thrown out.
I kid you not.
For a little quiz we had a spelling test and there were kids right out of high school who got words wrong like lawyer, marshal as in US Marshal and totally.
Easier for the tenured (unionized, IOW) profs to throw out the question than to smoke out why half the class got it wrong and correct the teaching problem.
Ed. Psych. class in 1972 had the deal that if half the class missed the answer then it was thrown out because it was too difficult. Good way for the instructor to get by with not teaching that information or it was taught in such a way half of the class didn’t remember it.
Many High Schoolers spend 3-4 hours a day practicing sports but only 45-55 minutes a day in math or science, etc. Then we wonder why they can’t spell cat? Then we are told that they can get extra practice with homework except they don’t assign homework. Why would they not assign homework? Because they won’t do it and don’t care what the penalty is if they don’t.