This issue just keeps coming back–again and again and again—-why can’t students in Secondary and Post Secondary schools get to keep their exams, and in many instances their tests?? Even worse,most post secondary schools simply give back marks–that’s it. How is a student supposed to improve, if they don’t even know what went wrong in the first place. Exam writing is a learning experience and needs to be treated as such. Students need to “autopsy” their exams and identify–pinpoint what went wrong—their study strategies, exam writing skills, reading comprehension, attention to detail–what?? Then they know what to do for next time. How absolutely frustrating for a student who is really trying, not to know what to focus their trying on!!

Besides,what exactly is all the secrecy about? The student wrote the exam–it is therefore “their” exam–why are they being denied access to “their” own personal property–so to speak. I would really like to hear an explanation, a justification, a reason–something for this “policy”. What is this policy based on–who is it protecting–and what is it protecting?

Back in the old days–an exam was given back, time was spent going over it in class in much detail and then–wait for it– the exam went home with the student. What a unique concept!!!!