[Vision2020] Schools say whut?

[Joe Campbell]

50% is failing. What care how much of a failure someone is? Isn't the  
fact that someone failed enough? "You get an F" says enough for me!

Joe Campbell

On Mar 3, 2009, at 5:16 PM, Glenn Schwaller <vpschwaller at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> “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 p 
> ercent.
>
> 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 every 
> thing 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 min 
> imal amount of effort?
>
> Sad, sad, sad.
>
> GS
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