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In order to weed out these idiots and not waste his time, he jacks up the difficulty in his tests and fails a lot.

I really think that's how the grade-level testing should be. Maybe 20% easy, prior-grade questions. 40% grade-level material. 40% advanced material. Students should be expected to score in the 50-60% range.

But for school in general, yes, they need to actually fail students. Pushing them ahead when they aren't meeting the lower standard doesn't do anyone any good. And if they can't pass a grade in two/three attempts, then move that student to a special education school to determine why they aren't passing, and how to resolve the issue. Letting them move ahead just to get them out/improve "pass rates" hurts the kid, the next teacher, and prevents classmates from advancing as fast as they should.

“Letting them move ahead just to get them out/improve “pass rates” hurts the kid, the next teacher, and prevents classmates from advancing as fast as they should.”

Well said.

One of my neighbors is a Filipino dude with a nice family. He told me his kid in public school, stated that the rest of his classmates esp. the really stupid ones and troublemakers, were given passing grades automatically. They dont even post who got the highest grades the entire time he was there because it is “racist” to embarrass the dumb ones. It was unreal hearing the stories. That boy is now in a charter school.