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In what countries were the exams only once a year? When I grew up in the 90s in Sweden we would have tests and exams frequently, usually at the end of each modu
by VorpalWay 4mo ago
In what countries were the exams only once a year? When I grew up in the 90s in Sweden we would have tests and exams frequently, usually at the end of each module. This continued all the way through university. I think we had 3 separate exams for the first math course (which lasted a quarter of a year, so roughly one exam per month).
(Though they didn't give formal grades for the first several years of elementary school, which I'm not sure was a good idea.)
- IshKebab 4mo agoIn the UK. In high school (age ~11 to 16) the only exams that mattered were SATs at ages 7, 11 and 14 (though I just checked and apparently they've scrapped the 14 year old ones for some reason), and GCSEs at 16. After that you have A-levels for two years (age 17 and 18) where IIRC it was just one big group of exams at the end of each year, and then university where I guess maybe it varies but at least at Cambridge it was one big group of 3-hour long exams at the end of each year. Though Cambridge does have "tutorials" which are 1:2 tutoring sessions where you probably couldn't completely rely on AI. Your way definitely sounds better to me.
- StefanBatory 4mo agoIn Poland, that's how it worked at unis. We had a lot of subjects where we had only one big exam at the end and your grade depended on it. Before uni though, we would get a grade or two every week, be it from short tests, classwork, homework or exams.