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...also need to be aware of cheating on exams. Believe it or not, the Harvard exam protocols are not as airtight as we think. The policy of leaving a seat between you and the next person would be an effective strategy for preventing wandering eyes, but unfortunately, the human eye has finally evolved to the point where we can actually read off someone else’s test a whole three feet away from us (Science B-29 final exam; 2005). No doubt cheating would be rampant were it not for the fact that the TF moderating the exam vigilantly...
Part of the reason the Core is so limited is that the Core Standing Committee (CSC) requires that courses that count for Core credit meet basic requirements, which vary amongst Core areas. All categories, however, require a final exam, and most require a midterm and/or a paper. This needn’t be the case...
...student wants to take a conference course or seminar for Core credit, he or she should be able to; a final exam adds almost no value over a term paper. This small change would open up whole departments to students. For instance, nearly every English course would count for Literature and Arts A or C. Being more liberal with syllabus requirements and actively seeking out departmental courses would add still more departments. Such a broad expansion of the Core, for which this page has consistently petitioned, will lead to smaller courses, more options, and more satisfied students...
...It’s adding a piece of paper I believe that will reflect what we do anyway,” she said, highlighting the minimal amount of definitive changes necessary to get students who do not pass the exam up to speed...
Sixty-seven percent of Cambridge Rindge and Latin School students scored advanced or proficient on the English Language Arts test, a 20 percent point improvement from the previous year. Similarly, 61 percent received these marks on the mathematics exam, a 19 point increase...