WASHINGTON — The Montgomery County Board of Education voted Tuesday to support a plan that would end final exams in middle school.
Board members in the Maryland suburban county outside D.C. made their decision after hearing public comments.
“Students are spending too much time testing and not enough time learning,” said Katie Spurlock, a mother of two children in the school system.
“Exams are supposed to fit into the learning process as an end point, but instead have grown to drive the process entirely,” said student Matthew Post.
Board members also voted to consider a proposal that would phase out final exams for high school students.
The board’s Policy Management Committee will study the idea and report back in the coming months.
In Loudoun County, Virginia, the school system recently made a move in the same direction. Last week, the school system announced that high school teachers were no longer required to give midterm and final exams.
