I am writing as my students take their first exam. Out of five exams, I drop the lowest grade in this class; I make sure to remind students of this policy before they begin. Some exclaimed that I'd probably be dropping this exam for many students because they didn't know what they were getting themselves into. We can ll relate to the jitters that accompany the first exam in any class. It isn't until after the first exam that you learn the assessment style of that particular instructor. I'm looking through the exam just now and realized that I left two answers from the answer key on the exam. So the grades will definitely be inflated. This is my first time giving an exam in class since starting at VSU. Before this semester I opted to give online tests, but decided to switch it up this semester and compare the results. I had forgotten all the details that go into a traditional paper and pencil test... Test anxiety as the first test comes around, scantrons, accommoda...