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Posted on 01/31/2024 1:31:15 PM PST by george76
The university's VP of Academic Affairs said the changes will no longer 'mask' students' 'demonstrated abilities'..
An Oregon university announced they will abandon failing letter grades, citing a "GPA fixation" that negatively impacts students.
Western Oregon University issued a news release earlier this month that revealed the school would be replacing "D-" and "F" grades with "no credit" to discourage undergrads from dropping out.
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The difference is that the grade of NC will not negatively impact student GPAs,
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the decision came after data from the university showed that 65% of freshman students who dropped out had earned at least one "F."
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Vice President of Academic Affairs Jose Coll ... The GPA fixation we have as a country and the grading system that’s been in place for over 200 years has been used to determine who belongs and who is capable, although we know that similar to the SAT and ACT, many capable students have been prohibited from pursuing their post-secondary education due to these barriers,"
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Several Ivy League colleges drew suspicion of grade inflation with so many students receiving high grades.
A report from December noted that 79% of Yale College students received an A for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Harvard University also reported that 70% of grades were A’s for the 2020-2021 academic year.
"Mean grades on a four-point scale were 3.80 in the 2020-21 academic year, up from 3.41 in 2002-03," the Harvard Crimson reported.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown says illegal immigrants are “the heart and soul of our culture and the backbone of our economy”
Then this!:
Oregon students shouldn’t have to prove they can write or do math to get a diploma, lawmakers decide!
The Oregonian ^ | Jun 16, 2021 | Betsy Hammond
Posted on 6/21/2021, 4:16:01 PM by george76
Students in the class of 2021 did not have to prove they could write or do math at a basic level to earn their diplomas. A bill headed to Gov. Kate Brown would prohibit any such requirement at least until 2027.A bill to prohibit Oregon schools from requiring students to show they can read, write and do math at a basic high school level is headed to Gov. Kate Brown after lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday. (The bill was sign by the governor, and it is now in effect in Oregone!)
The idea is to hit pause on the requirements, in place since 2009 but already suspended during the pandemic, at least until the class of 2024 gets their diplomas and for Oregon to thoughtfully reexamine its graduation requirements in the meantime. A report recommending what the new standards should be is due to the Legislature and Oregon Board of Education by September 2022.
But since Oregon has long insisted it would not impose new graduation requirements on students who have already begun high school, new requirements would not take effect until the class of 2027 at the very earliest. So at least five more classes could be expected to graduate without needing to demonstrate roughly 10th grade level proficiency in math and writing.
The decision to remove the skills requirement was largely but not entirely a party-line one, with Democrats staunchly opposing the proficiency rules and Republicans decrying what they see as a lowering of academic standards.
A spokesperson for Brown told The Oregonian/OregonLive Wednesday she has yet to decide whether she will sign the bill, veto it or allow it to become law without her signature. (She proudly signed the bill!)
Oregone, unlike other states, did not require students to pass a particular standardized test or any test at all. Students could show their ability to use English and do math via about five different tests or by completing an in-depth classroom project judged by their own teachers. In reality, most schools relied primarily on standardized tests and most students easily passed them.
But demonstrating proficiency proved most challenging for students who learned English as a second language, students with disabilities and students of color.
Officials on the Oregon Board of Education, when they enacted the “essential skills” graduation requirement more than a decade ago, said they hoped no student would be denied a diploma for lacking the skills but that schools would step up and help juniors and seniors who hadn’t mastered enough English or math to do so. Many high schools created special math and writing workshop classes for seniors who needed to demonstrate those skills to get their diplomas.
The bill calls on the diverse committee studying graduation requirements to come up with a recommendation “with the goal of ensuring that the processes and outcomes related to the requirements for high school diplomas are equitable, accessible and inclusive.”
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It is simple, Eliminating schools as places to learn and making them serve as day care centers all day. Beginning with breakfast, morning breaks, lunch, afternoon breaks and a dinner before going home. Maybe midnight basketball.
Teachers and their unions will still be paid. Any so called classes will be conducted by supposedly graduates, and the highly paid teachers will monitor those former classes on Zoom.
More Gardeners, janitors and other custodial care at the former schools will require more union workers, managers and whatevers!
So our taxes will go up for the above B$!
https://nypost.com/2021/09/15/virginia-teacher-says-making-kids-behave-is-white-supremacy/
UNC was caught with that in the 90s, nothing was done about it
I had to maintain a certain GPA in order to keep my loan. Additionally the bank determined the courses I could take. A course in flower arrangement would not be acceptable to the bank.I made it to the Dean’s list several times and obtained a loan to buy my 1964 Mustang for $2200.
RE: time limit on college....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjIH1jdx2_A
the old style of caring about grades....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKS0GVvoE9I
“Is there at least a time limit on how long you can park your carcass at good old Western OregonU?”
Yes. It’s when your parents’ money runs out.
Therefore, if we stop giving F's, people will stop dropping out.
I think the people making this change must have gotten an "F" in logic.
Keeping them in the school keeps federal loans pouring in
“I had to maintain a certain GPA in order to keep my loan.”
I had to maintain a certain GPA to keep my 3-yr ROTC scholarship. Big motivator.
Just codifying how worthless their degrees apparently are.
AKA DEI RACIST POLICIES
“Math is hard”.
Yep, follow the money.
It’s never been about education.
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The higher the GPA the better the job prospects at graduation, especially for engineering students.
Moh money at the end and a juicy job overseas. Graduated in August 1966 and celebrated Oktoberfest in Munich that same year employed by American company.
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