[Vision2020] Schools say whut?

[Donovan Arnold]

Why not just give students the % instead of a grade? Why assign letters, just give them what they earned, 52%, 69%, 88%, 97%, 100%

Best Regards,

Donovan

--- On Tue, 3/3/09, Glenn Schwaller <vpschwaller at gmail.com> wrote:
From: Glenn Schwaller <vpschwaller at gmail.com>
Subject: [Vision2020] Schools say whut?
To: "vision2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 5:16 PM



“PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Public Schools students get an "A"
for 90 percent or above, a "B" for 80 percent to 89 percent, and so
on. They get a failing grade of "E" for work from 59 percent to 50
percent.

The administrators say giving a failing grade for scores from zero to 59
percent gives the failing grade too much weight. As such, students who make an
honest effort but fail — even if they get everything wrong — will still receive
the 50 percent minimum score.

School officials are now retracting the grading policy saying that students will
now receive zero percent on assignments they don't do instead of the former
minimum failing score of 50 percent.

School officials are making the change because critics say some students
skipped assignments content that they'd still receive a 50 percent score”

Hmmmmmmm . . .  so what exactly does “doing
an assignment” mean?  At what point will
students not get a zero yet still put forth a minimal amount of effort?

Sad, sad, sad.

GS

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