The Greendale Highschool's term practical tests were the most important evaluation exercises for the students, as the results of these tests would go into their student data folder.
The Student Data Folder (SDF), was a digital folder that contained the performance of a student in all previously attended institutions. One could think of it like a résumé for students.
For the students of Greendale Highschool, the mid and final term practical exercises were very important, not just because they would be inputted into their data folders, but that the high school was a subsidiary of a pure college. As such, it's evaluation was taken even more seriously.
It should be noted that the term practical tests weren't always 'practical' in nature and could simply be a quiz or a written exam.
