Wouldn a later school start date require administering end-of-semester exams after the winter break?
Yes. Late-August school start dates often necessitate ending the first semester after the winter break. There is no academic detriment that has been shown for schools ending the first semester after the winter break. Actually, the majority of the top 10 academic states in the nation, according to four different ranking systems, began the school year in late-August or early-September and administered end-of-semester exams after the winter break. The “Spacing Effect,” which is referred to in several studies in psychology literature and journals supports the idea that exams after the winter break could be more beneficial to our students long-term retention of the material presented. The Spacing Effect holds that “Review of material increases long-term memory best when there is more time between introduction and review of material.” In other words, if students learn something, and then review what they have learned again at a later date, they are more likely to remember the lesson. So if e
