X: 52% of American Schools and Districts have begun rolling out a new program called Equitable Grading

X (Wall Street Apes) ^

[Jonty30]

Although, I have no problem unlimited test taking, everything else is designed to remove accountability for success.

[9YearLurker]

They’ve got it in my leafy suburb—and parents through to the schoolboard are oblivious to its profound harms.

[17th Miss Regt]

Excellent idea! The slaves will be even better conditioned to vote as they are told. Those at the bottom of the social and economic ladders will stay there, as they are supposed to!

[Secret Agent Man]

This is total fraud. We need state laws slasning funds for school districts that do this, its just daycare, not schools.

[Myrddin]

This is precisely why employers insist on proctored standardized exams to earn recognized certifications e.g. Security+, CEH+, Pentest+ and more. Resumes and references can be spoofed. Raw performance against a standardized exam in the absence of corrupt testing and grading practices is a necessary first filter for employment. The school systems have become untrustworthy. GPA? Against what standard of performance. A 4.0 GPA at a junior college vs MIT? Apples and oranges. Different rigor, different competition.

[Myrddin]

This is precisely why employers insist on proctored standardized exams to earn recognized certifications e.g. Security+, CEH+, Pentest+ and more. Resumes and references can be spoofed. Raw performance against a standardized exam in the absence of corrupt testing and grading practices is a necessary first filter for employment. The school systems have become untrustworthy. GPA? Against what standard of performance. A 4.0 GPA at a junior college vs MIT? Apples and oranges. Different rigor, different competition.

[ClearCase_guy]

Shutting down government schools needs to be a priority.

Allow parents to shop for independent schools that take education seriously, and which kick out students for bad behavior or for having obnoxious parents. Schools should be calm places where people learn.

There is a nearby thread about hiring managers in the IT field who just cannot find people to hire who have decent skills. Well, “Equitable Grading” is not going to help that situation at all.

[Menehune56]

“All must have prizes.”

[CaptainK]

Sending back the non English speaking children who were illegally crammed into our classrooms over the last 4 years will bring up the scores

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

People ask us why our second largest bill is school tuition for private school when public school is free.

We could have new cars, go out to eat, take vacations, not shop at the thrift store if we just would send the cubs to public school.

We don't understand the question.

[airborne]

DEI for Dummies.

[VTenigma]

My wife refused to use the system, and finally packed it in this year.

[Jamestown1630]

People complain about so many things that are endangering the U.S.

But the most dangerous influence is the complete failure of our public education system.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

#12: "DEI for Dummies."

Or maybe "Dummies for DEI"

[Da Coyote]

‘Publik Skoolz” are imitating our ‘elite kolleges’...”Our grades are worth less than a used Yugo.

[jpp113]

LAUSD has had this for many years. Surprise, surprise (not)

[jpp113]

Somebody should tell POTUS about this fraudulent garbage. He can put a stop to it, goodbye Department of Education.

[wny]

Great. Kids are already stupid enough. I was at a church picnic this past summer and the youth group was selling food. The girl - about 14 - couldn’t make change for a $5. Good thing she was cute. God giveth, and God taketh away.

[KC_for_Freedom]

Me too, when I was in the classroom I always made up several tests with different problems and varied the order. Kids in class did not have any identical tests in adjacent seats. If a kid got a score that was not acceptable to them, they could have one of the other tests to take during lunch or on my prep period. Not many took advantage of this but it helped when someone was absent on a test day. I always felt this was fair. I did count homework as part of the grade and did not care if it was handed in late.

Maybe I was too easy, but I did not lower the grade bar.