I don't think that it does much good, even with the advanced students, to tell them to read the chapter and think that they will do it, except for a few. The important thing would be to structure the questions so that they would be easily graded to avoid a mountain of paperwork. I'm joking, but perhaps it would be a good idea for the school to assign days for subjects. PE could have friday night homework. Sounds like a good idea to me.
Organization is the key.