Most of the students that I see passing through my class are more interested in their score on the test than to what the score is telling them. The score only reflects how much of the class material you understood and retained. A low score either shows lack of preparation or lack of mastery of the material. I try to tell my students that what matters is what they learned by the end of the class, not what scores they got on the way, but it's a hard message to drive home.