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In the example on the left, the first day of school is an A Day, the next a B Day, the third an A Day again, and so on. A similar type of schedule, called 4x4 block scheduling, puts all the A Days in the first [[semester]], and all the B Days in the second. The benefit to this is that it allow students to "double up" so to speak, and take two courses in one year which they ordinarily wouldn't be able to take due to serial issues such as taking Algebra&nbsp;1 in the First Term and Algebra&nbsp;2 in the second. This also allows students to retake a course they did poorly in. This is especially useful for seniors who may need to retake an essential class they fail, where as in other schedules they would not be able to graduate with the class at the end of the year, with this it is possible if the student is motivated enough to put in the effort to pass the class the second time through, and still graduate with the class.</div></td></tr></table>

A study *[http://www.collegeboard.com/research/pdf/block_schedules_10409.pdf] by the [[College Board]] found that students taking AP courses on a 4 x 4 block schedule score less well than do students taking the same AP course on a traditional full-year schedule. This is true no matter whether the block-scheduled course is taken during the Fall or the Spring semester.

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