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From the link mentioned in reply #11 above:

"Trying to change outcomes by merely changing the number, as opposed to performance, doesn't work," (board member Anirban) Basu said yesterday. "Before, a student who got a 62 did not pass. Today, a student that gets a 62 passes. To me, that's what it means to lower standards."...
"My initial thought was we were lowering standards," (school board Chairman Brian D.) Morris said yesterday, "but how are we lowering standards if every other district has the same standards?"

Mr. Basu get it.

To Mr. Morris: what's wrong with having higher standards than other districts? Moron!

Reading this crap makes me say, "Thank you Lord," for my 50s/60s education.