[Counselors] Semester Test exemption

[OSRHE EPAS PK-12 Counselor Discussion Board]

We did away with it and it greatly hurt our attendance.  We used to have
great attendance as students would do everything possible to stay in school
to avoid having to take semester tests. It offered an incentive. It has
made a huge difference in that attendance problems were not even on our
list of concerns in the past, whereas now it is an everyday problem and
students often seem to try to use up every one of their absences like they
are vacation/sick days. As far as cumulative tests, teachers have other
cumulative tests such as unit tests which they can use to practice study
skills for college.




On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 8:53 AM, OSRHE EPAS PK-12 Counselor Discussion
Board <counselors at lists.onenet.net> wrote:

> We are reconsidering our semester test exemption policy. We currently
> allow students to be exempt based on a limited number of absences and good
> grades (an A with less than 4 absences, B with less than 3, etc.) We are
> considering doing away with this policy but are concerned about how it will
> effect attendance.
>
> Do any other high schools have semester test exemptions and what is your
> policy?
>
> --
> Cindy Bartley
> Counselor
> Shawnee High School
> 1001 North Kennedy
> Shawnee, OK  74804
> (405)275-3631; fax (405)275-9501
> cbartley at shawnee.k12.ok.us
>
> Class of 2017 website
> <http://teacherweb.com/OK/ShawneeHighSchool/Bartley/newsflash.aspx>
>
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