Los Angeles and San Diego are ditching the old ways of grading, via A-F, in favor of moving to an “equitable” system to raise student achievement levels.
In California, several school districts have been directed to apply grades based on “whether students have learned what was expected of them during a course — and not penalize them for behavior, work habits and missed deadlines,” the Los Angeles Times reported.
Since the pandemic, students have been struggling with online schooling. So far, in the class of 2022, only 46% of students are on track to meet college admission requirements compared to the 59% who were on track to graduate in the class of 2019, according to the Washington Examiner.
On a closer look, the Examiner report indicates, due to the pandemic, the achievement chasm between white and Asian students and Black and Hispanic students has only increased, leading school administrators in Los Angeles and San Diego to push for “equitable” grading. Equitable grading would consist of allowing students to retake tests, turn in assignments late, and revise essays for better grades.
In a letter to principals, L.A. Unified School District Chief Academic Officer Alison Yoshimoto-Towery cites from writer Joe Feldman, the traditional grading has been used to “justify and provide unequal educational opportunities based on a student’s race or class.”
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Yup, it’s called the dumbing down of America. This will definitely benefit the democrat party. All the dummies in this country vote for Democrats and they have the added benefit of being brainless sheeple and take any vaccine the pharmaceuticals demand you take.
So just give everyone an A and be done with it.
so now, all our problems will be served by dumbing down everyone.
many years ago, my husband taught in a jesuit college. one day, a student said to him: they cheated me!! i graduated from a local community college with honors and i cannot understand anything you are saying i cant blame it on your teaching because you ask questions and the class answers and they ask questions and you answer. they cheated
Is Joe Feldman suggesting that Blacks and Hispanics are less capable than Whites and Asians to complete assignments on time or to produce a corrected essay on the first try? I would call that assumption racist! I the article suggesting that Blacks and Hispanics are less able to attend on-line classes than White or Asian students? Is it suggesting that they are, by nature less motivated? RACIST!!!!! I guess the US really does have an issue with systemic racism, but it’s the Democrats, not the Republicans who have an issue.
Let’s put in a de-grading system that justifies dumb. What the heck, give up on compulsory education and just let children explore their feelings. Teach them the basics of paganism, otherwise known as politics.
Imagine these dumb students becoming doctors. Hey, maybe it’s these students who are the doctors and nurses today causing all those hospital deaths, hmm….
I think it would be a good idea to have students grade themselves as to how much knowledge they have acquired. After all, who would be in a better position to judge, the professor who obviously lacks objectivity, or the student who knows [Zieself, Hirself, Eirself, Verself, Terself, Emself] (gender neutral) himself better than anyone and can provide an objective assessment of [Zis, Hirs, Eirs, Vers, Ters, Eirs] (gender neutral) his progress.
So now the illiterate high school senior (that’s the technical term) wants to become a doctor or lawyer or engineer, do we allow him/her/it (California – has to have an ‘it’) to pass through those systems as well without regard to performance? Can we rate competence of auto mechanics? HVAC guys?