Too many tests, impossible to study for the exam. Only 1 in 3 satisfied with preparation

The numbers tell us that the Maturità is (almost) a formality, while the real selection takes place in the admission phase: for every Matura student who fails the exam, there are ten who are stopped a few days earlier in the scrutiny phase.
But school practice also confirms this approach: three weeks before the exam is due to start, students do not have time to prepare for the final exam because they are literally 'riddled' with homework and questions to complete the assessments on the report card.

The reason? Forty per cent of the final grade is based precisely on the average grade of the last three years' report cards, and even an insufficient grade risks non-admission to the exam. This is why so many teachers are pushing this button.
This was revealed by a survey carried out by Skuola.net on a sample of 1,000 high school seniors, which reveals that, not by chance, only 1 in 3 currently judges their preparation for the Maturità as satisfactory.

Analysing the results of the consultation, the picture becomes worrying in perspective. Only a third or a little more of the sample (36%) declare themselves to be serene and substantially "on track" with the planned timetable: specifically, 18% say that their revision is proceeding "very well", another 18% define their situation as "good".
But for all the others, the road to graduation is proceeding on sight, amidst obstacles and delays that are accumulating day by day. 20% of those interviewed declare that they are only "fairly well off", experiencing a situation of uncertainty.
The figure that makes the most noise, however, is the one shared by by far the largest group of high school leavers - a good 44% - who bluntly admit that their preparation is going "badly".

But how is it possible that, in the face of an exam 'reduced' to just four subjects, almost half the students are so late? The answer, as mentioned, is not so much to be found in their laziness as in the internal dynamics of the Italian school during the infamous final rush.
Between May and the beginning of June, in fact, a ritual takes place that paralyses revision: the closing of registers. In many cases, the professors - including those of subjects that will in no way be the subject of the Maturità - with only a handful of days to go, it seems that they still need to place the last written tests and questions, in order to be able to formulate the final grades for the ballots.

The result is a didactic short-circuit: students find themselves having to sacrifice general revision in view of the state test (which will affect their graduation grade) in order to survive the daily tests, so as not to accumulate insufficiencies right on the finish line.