Major Policy Changes
2025-2026
In the second semester of the 2025-26 school year, major policy changes happened.
1: Reassessment Policy Changes
Before the second semester of the 2025-26 school year, the maximum score students could get through a reassessment was 82 (B-). After the policy change, students were eligible to reassess up to a 93 (A).
This was sensational because this theoretically allowed students to achieve an A by taking a reassessment on every assignment1.
2: Formative Grade Changes
One big factor that made students stressed was the high number of formatives. While there was a school enforced policy that limited the number of summatives on one day, teachers could freely give out formatives.
The policy allows for all formative grades tied with its corresponding summative grade to be replaced by the summative grade if the student scores higher on the summative. In other words, even if students ruin their formatives, they can still succeed by achieving an A on the tied summative. This relieved the pressure for formatives in general.
Student Reactions
After the official announcements about the policies in an assembly, the students cheered and applauded.
However, some students expressed worries about grade inflation and possible inflation in assignment difficulty to counter grade inflation.
3: Optional Final Exams
Approaching the finals, a new policy was announced. The finals became optional to students.
The finals were one of the most stressful elements to students; it was difficult to increase the overall course grade from the final, yet easier for a drop in the course grade from a lower final score.
After Effect: During belief week, students who decided not to take finals played instead of studying. This made some parents upset resulting in heated discussions with the school.
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Footnotes
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This is not advised, as your workload will essentially be doubled. "Study for the original test and do well on the original test", as many teachers put it. ↩