Exam+1+-+US+History+-+2012-13

Three times this semester your understanding of units will be assessed based on two tests--1 objective and 1 essay--on two different days.
 * Test I: Objective - Wed Sep 19 (Block C) and Thurs Sep 20 (Block G)
 * The objective exam will evaluate students’ understanding of factual content. Students are NOT expected to spend any additional time outside of class reviewing for this portion of the exam unless (a) they have not understood the lessons learned while in class or (b) if they missed class time for any reason.
 * For each test, students have the opportunity to greatly improve their scores by completing an assignment that reinforces ideas/lessons of which the students did not demonstrate knowledge on the objective test.
 * For this first objective test (this means the following scale may be altered for future tests), students who earn the following scores may improve those scores to the ones indicated below by completing the assignment:Questions may be true/false, fill in the blank, multiple choice, etc.
 * 85-97% on the test - possibility of improving to a 98% after completing the assignment
 * 61-84% on the test - possibility of improving to a 95% after completing the assignment
 * 51-60% on the test - possibility of improving to an 85% after completing the assignment
 * 00-50% on the test - possibility of improving to a 70% after completing the assignment


 * Test II: Essay - Mon Sep 24 (Block C), Tue Sep 25 (Block G) - Unit I Essay Test
 * See the attached study guide for information on this.
 * [[file:Essay Exam Study Guide - Unit 1.pages]]

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