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Also, the books (yes, ATI) are distributed each semester. We paid for all of them up front in with our tuition. Each semester we get additional books handed out to us. We haven't gotten the books we need for this semester yet and the first computerized test is only a few weeks away. We start clinical rotations next week and you all know how much paperwork and time that involves, so we wanted to have our books before rotations start so we could at least start to study. Admin says the books aren't in yet. In the past, this wasn't a problem because we were never graded on the tests - we only needed to pass them with a certain percentage and it was all kept separate from our regular course grades. Not anymore - which is why everybody is so upset.

Thank you so much for your replies. We are arranging a student council meeting to discuss these changes being placed upon us. I agree with the attorney advice - not much luck with that because school's always have all the control. However, if by chance a student does fail a course because of the computerized testing that is not written on the school/course syllabus, then I would think that there would be some kind of legal recourse. This school is known to fail students (most believe it's to obtain more money from the students for having to pay to repeat). We are all wondering if that's not why they're adding in this computerized testing now. One would think that if they saw that their nclex rates were dropping that they would modify what they're teaching to help their students pass the nclex rather than add in another test that most students will fail. Nobody understands their reasoning behind it - that's what's making everyone so frustrated. It doesn't seem at all as if it's to help the students. Before when we took the computerized tests, the teachers couldn't even answer our incorrect questions because they didn't even know what the tests consisted of. Go figure. Just seems so unfair and like they're out to get us, not help us.

Hello all! I am hoping someone on here will be able to help me understand better. Is a nursing school allowed to change the testing rules 2/3 through an 18-month program without it being in writing and without teaching the material being tested on? They also haven't even provided the required books yet so that we can study for the test. Is this allowed? We were verbally told that since the schools nclex rates are down, that we will now be taking additional computerized tests that will be included in our final grade along with the other 15 tests for that course. Before the schools nclex rates were down, the computerized testing was only a pass/fail thing and was not included in our grades because it was for our benefit to see how we'll do on the nclex. Most students did poorly on the computerized tests because we are not taught any of the content and the questions on the computerized tests don't even correlate with what we're taught from our class textbooks. Does anybody know what a school is allowed to do? Are they allowed to spring this on us legally when we only have 6-months to go? And when it's not documented anywhere that these tests are a requirement to pass the course?