Posted on 09/18/2023 4:29:25 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Portland Public Schools is considering adopting new ‘equitable grading practices’, which would change how teachers grade students.
A handout from the school district said historical data shows racial disparities in students’ pass/fail rate.
The handout also instructs teachers to not assign zeros to assignments that are handed in late, or are missing. It also states that for students caught cheating, they are to face disciplinary action instead of having their grade be penalized.
District administrators said these changes and others would make classrooms more fair and reduce bias.
"What it's doing is, it's assessing mastery and accuracy,” PPS’ Chief Academic Officer Kimberlee Armstrong said.
Armstrong said zeros given for missing or late assignments usually throw off the entire grading scale. The handout also instructs teachers to not give less than a 50% grade for any work that is incomplete, late or does not meet expectations. Late work would not be penalized.
"Whether or not a student does things on time is less important than what they do," Gayle Thieman, a professor of curriculum instruction at Portland State.
In the new grading system, students would not be scored for participation and effort because administrators said these can be scored with bias. Homework and group grades would also not be graded.
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(Excerpt) Read more at kgw.com ...
In other words, the school system is declaring, “WE failed.”
“’It’s about fairness’: Portland Public Schools considers grading changes to reduce bias in classrooms”
...and we’re wondering why these ‘brilliant’ graduates cannot find an F-35 in the Atlantic.
Another reason to homeschool.
Some students must obviously be less supremier than others
Sort of like Fetterman being OKd to wear shorts and hoodies on the floor of the United States Senate.
(A handout from the school district said historical data shows racial disparities in students’ pass/fail rate.)
Oh ... OK ....
So...we’re reducing bias by practicing a different bias. The bias of “low expectations.”
Relentlessly striving for mediocrity.
Just give every student 100% and be done with it. Except the privileged ones, of course.
The soft bigotry of low expectations.
“Idiocracy” predicted 2008
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A school teacher I knew held to the philosophy that fair isn't giving everyone the same thing, but giving everyone what they NEED to succeed.
Nor is *fair* guaranteeing equal outcomes.
Even if somehow someone in the world could level the entire playing field and give everyone the exact same thing in terms of food, clothing, shelter, transportation, income, etc, I am convinced that within a year or two, there would again be rich people and poor people because of good or poor life choices.
That’s okay, they’ll move on to employment where the same obliteration of standards has been taken care of for them.
You racist, you!
From: Retain Mike Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2023 11:44 AM Subject: Oregon Eliminates Educational Standards
As a new school year begins, Oregon students are no longer required to demonstrate skills in reading, writing, and math. Until 2026, an Oregon high school diploma no longer guarantees academic achievement, but only participation in a system with undefined parameters. The legislators, school districts, and the governor supporting Senate Bill 744 saw that this “will benefit Oregon’s Black, Latino, Latina, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian, Pacific Islander, Tribal, and students of color”.
The state has adopted the position held by many 19th century abolitionists. When I read Fredrick Douglass’ autobiographies, one passage always stays with me. After speaking to an abolitionist audience, Douglass considered the evening a great success, because he concluded his talk believing these people were convinced, he was equally human with them.
He mentioned this as a significant event, because many strong supporters of black freedom questioned whether these people were fully human. If educators would treat minorities as individuals, they would design programs allowing opportunities for achievement commensurate with those for white students.
I remember Dr. Martin Luther King saying, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character…..little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.”
To me their understanding of brotherhood and individual value proves more meaningful than any perception of racial superiority.
No need to work harder you all just Zombies
“Some students must obviously be less supremier than others”
“less supremier”
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