Failing Academic Standards: Are Today’s Graduates Really Educated?
By Doug Carter - May 16, 2019
America’s new academic standards are failing our students. Despite what official transcripts say, I’m concerned many graduates did not earn their diploma.
As a seasoned high school teacher and college professor pondering my 14th graduation ceremony, I couldn’t help wondering how many students around the country will graduate with a high school or college degree, but not an education.
It’s no secret we have a terrible illiteracy problem. But what I address here goes beyond illiteracy and marches smack through the front door of an academic house of cards. Inside, my colleagues and I share deep concerns about failing students who graduate only because of failing academic standards.
Ignored Assignments
It seems self-evident the primary purpose of attending school is to gain an education. Traditionally, course materials relevant to the course objectives are provided to facilitate learning. Of course, students must engage with these course materials, yet many students skip assignments.
Most colleges require courses to be kept on a class webpage hosted by a Learning Management System (LMS) whereby systems such as Moodle, Blackboard, or Edmodo give instructors the ability to monitor student activity in the course. Missed assignments get marked “never viewed.” Thus, we know which students ignore specific class resources. Those with a lot of “never viewed” notices typically perform poorly in class, but some hang on by a thread because educators feel pressured to keep these failing students in school.
Questionable Student Retention Policies
The pressure on educators to keep failing students in school stems from a nationwide emphasis on student retention. Following the highly-criticized No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), signed by former President Obama in 2015, p***es itself in retention goals like high graduation rates and historically-low dropout rates.
ESSA goes a step further with the lofty goal that all students will graduate fully ready for college or a career. As part of the program, schools that meet retention goals get special federal funding.
Sounds great, right? Not so fast.
Poor student pr********n and slack performance in the classroom combined with ESSA retention goals and a need for federal funds forces many schools to move the goalposts and operate under questionable moral standards.
Lowering the Minimum Standard for Grades Given
One questionable action taken by local school boards involves giving grades higher than those earned on periodic report cards. As a high school teacher under NCLB, I once had a student earn an “8” for a 6-weeks grading period, but the grade was changed by the principal to a 62 in accordance with school board policy.
Such grade manipulation policies are spreading. Reports around the country show that some schools mandate a minimum grade of 50– even if a student does no work at all.
Remember the costly academic-athletic scandal that embarrassed the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently? Some aspects of the scandal involved student athletes and other students who got credit for classes they never attended.
Is there really much difference between a student who receives 50 unearned points and one who receives credit for a class never attended? In both instances, students received credit for unearned coursework, which constitutes academic fraud.
Changing the Academic Grading Scale
As academic standards continue dropping, even minimum grade policies aren’t enough to keep students in school and graduation rates up. The goalposts are moving again.
Many k-12 schools, colleges, and universities are changing from a 7-point grading scale to a 10-point grading scale. At those institutions, students now earn course credit with what were once considered failing or poor grades.
For example, most schools considered a 77 average the minimum grade for a “C” and passing credit for a course. The new minimum standard at lots of schools just became 70. Think about that. A “C” is now just one point above the former failing mark.
With standards so low, how many graduates will receive a degree without an education?
bahmer wrote:
Failing Academic Standards: Are Today’s Graduates Really Educated?
By Doug Carter - May 16, 2019
America’s new academic standards are failing our students. Despite what official transcripts say, I’m concerned many graduates did not earn their diploma.
As a seasoned high school teacher and college professor pondering my 14th graduation ceremony, I couldn’t help wondering how many students around the country will graduate with a high school or college degree, but not an education.
It’s no secret we have a terrible illiteracy problem. But what I address here goes beyond illiteracy and marches smack through the front door of an academic house of cards. Inside, my colleagues and I share deep concerns about failing students who graduate only because of failing academic standards.
Ignored Assignments
It seems self-evident the primary purpose of attending school is to gain an education. Traditionally, course materials relevant to the course objectives are provided to facilitate learning. Of course, students must engage with these course materials, yet many students skip assignments.
Most colleges require courses to be kept on a class webpage hosted by a Learning Management System (LMS) whereby systems such as Moodle, Blackboard, or Edmodo give instructors the ability to monitor student activity in the course. Missed assignments get marked “never viewed.” Thus, we know which students ignore specific class resources. Those with a lot of “never viewed” notices typically perform poorly in class, but some hang on by a thread because educators feel pressured to keep these failing students in school.
Questionable Student Retention Policies
The pressure on educators to keep failing students in school stems from a nationwide emphasis on student retention. Following the highly-criticized No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), signed by former President Obama in 2015, p***es itself in retention goals like high graduation rates and historically-low dropout rates.
ESSA goes a step further with the lofty goal that all students will graduate fully ready for college or a career. As part of the program, schools that meet retention goals get special federal funding.
Sounds great, right? Not so fast.
Poor student pr********n and slack performance in the classroom combined with ESSA retention goals and a need for federal funds forces many schools to move the goalposts and operate under questionable moral standards.
Lowering the Minimum Standard for Grades Given
One questionable action taken by local school boards involves giving grades higher than those earned on periodic report cards. As a high school teacher under NCLB, I once had a student earn an “8” for a 6-weeks grading period, but the grade was changed by the principal to a 62 in accordance with school board policy.
Such grade manipulation policies are spreading. Reports around the country show that some schools mandate a minimum grade of 50– even if a student does no work at all.
Remember the costly academic-athletic scandal that embarrassed the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently? Some aspects of the scandal involved student athletes and other students who got credit for classes they never attended.
Is there really much difference between a student who receives 50 unearned points and one who receives credit for a class never attended? In both instances, students received credit for unearned coursework, which constitutes academic fraud.
Changing the Academic Grading Scale
As academic standards continue dropping, even minimum grade policies aren’t enough to keep students in school and graduation rates up. The goalposts are moving again.
Many k-12 schools, colleges, and universities are changing from a 7-point grading scale to a 10-point grading scale. At those institutions, students now earn course credit with what were once considered failing or poor grades.
For example, most schools considered a 77 average the minimum grade for a “C” and passing credit for a course. The new minimum standard at lots of schools just became 70. Think about that. A “C” is now just one point above the former failing mark.
With standards so low, how many graduates will receive a degree without an education?
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This is by design. I realize that much of what's accomplished scholastically is due to the gray matter between one's ears.
However, I feel the deliberate dumbing down, rather than challenging those with fewer sk**ls, plays into the concept that a dumber society is easier to control.
Then there's the issue of poorly qualified teachers. Teachers are also products of a dumbed down educational system. Poor teachers. Poor results.
However, there's also the question of what to do with an overly educated society, in a service-oriented economy. Waiting tables don't require a "Rodes Scholarship Degree."
Richard Rowland wrote:
This is by design. I realize that much of what's accomplished scholastically is due to the gray matter between one's ears.
However, I feel the deliberate dumbing down, rather than challenging those with fewer sk**ls, plays into the concept that a dumber society is easier to control.
Then there's the issue of poorly qualified teachers. Teachers are also products of a dumbed down educational system. Poor teachers. Poor results.
However, there's also the question of what to do with an overly educated society, in a service-oriented economy. Waiting tables don't require a "Rodes Scholarship Degree."
This is by design. I realize that much of what's a... (
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But now that Trump is turning America around the educational system will have to get back to work to catch up with the booming economy.
bahmer wrote:
Failing Academic Standards: Are Today’s Graduates Really Educated?
By Doug Carter - May 16, 2019
America’s new academic standards are failing our students. Despite what official transcripts say, I’m concerned many graduates did not earn their diploma.
As a seasoned high school teacher and college professor pondering my 14th graduation ceremony, I couldn’t help wondering how many students around the country will graduate with a high school or college degree, but not an education.
It’s no secret we have a terrible illiteracy problem. But what I address here goes beyond illiteracy and marches smack through the front door of an academic house of cards. Inside, my colleagues and I share deep concerns about failing students who graduate only because of failing academic standards.
Ignored Assignments
It seems self-evident the primary purpose of attending school is to gain an education. Traditionally, course materials relevant to the course objectives are provided to facilitate learning. Of course, students must engage with these course materials, yet many students skip assignments.
Most colleges require courses to be kept on a class webpage hosted by a Learning Management System (LMS) whereby systems such as Moodle, Blackboard, or Edmodo give instructors the ability to monitor student activity in the course. Missed assignments get marked “never viewed.” Thus, we know which students ignore specific class resources. Those with a lot of “never viewed” notices typically perform poorly in class, but some hang on by a thread because educators feel pressured to keep these failing students in school.
Questionable Student Retention Policies
The pressure on educators to keep failing students in school stems from a nationwide emphasis on student retention. Following the highly-criticized No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), signed by former President Obama in 2015, p***es itself in retention goals like high graduation rates and historically-low dropout rates.
ESSA goes a step further with the lofty goal that all students will graduate fully ready for college or a career. As part of the program, schools that meet retention goals get special federal funding.
Sounds great, right? Not so fast.
Poor student pr********n and slack performance in the classroom combined with ESSA retention goals and a need for federal funds forces many schools to move the goalposts and operate under questionable moral standards.
Lowering the Minimum Standard for Grades Given
One questionable action taken by local school boards involves giving grades higher than those earned on periodic report cards. As a high school teacher under NCLB, I once had a student earn an “8” for a 6-weeks grading period, but the grade was changed by the principal to a 62 in accordance with school board policy.
Such grade manipulation policies are spreading. Reports around the country show that some schools mandate a minimum grade of 50– even if a student does no work at all.
Remember the costly academic-athletic scandal that embarrassed the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently? Some aspects of the scandal involved student athletes and other students who got credit for classes they never attended.
Is there really much difference between a student who receives 50 unearned points and one who receives credit for a class never attended? In both instances, students received credit for unearned coursework, which constitutes academic fraud.
Changing the Academic Grading Scale
As academic standards continue dropping, even minimum grade policies aren’t enough to keep students in school and graduation rates up. The goalposts are moving again.
Many k-12 schools, colleges, and universities are changing from a 7-point grading scale to a 10-point grading scale. At those institutions, students now earn course credit with what were once considered failing or poor grades.
For example, most schools considered a 77 average the minimum grade for a “C” and passing credit for a course. The new minimum standard at lots of schools just became 70. Think about that. A “C” is now just one point above the former failing mark.
With standards so low, how many graduates will receive a degree without an education?
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It's the old "Catch 22". They move the grading goal posts to insure getting the government funding. The students eventually realize they can get a passing grade without studying because of it. Eventually they could just as well pass everyone who signs up for collage without requiring any effort on their part to get the diploma. An extension of the politically correct "participation trophy" socialism indoctrination. Resulting in a generation of "Gee, I never thought of that" sheeple.
bahmer wrote:
Failing Academic Standards: Are Today’s Graduates Really Educated?
By Doug Carter - May 16, 2019
America’s new academic standards are failing our students. Despite what official transcripts say, I’m concerned many graduates did not earn their diploma.
As a seasoned high school teacher and college professor pondering my 14th graduation ceremony, I couldn’t help wondering how many students around the country will graduate with a high school or college degree, but not an education.
It’s no secret we have a terrible illiteracy problem. But what I address here goes beyond illiteracy and marches smack through the front door of an academic house of cards. Inside, my colleagues and I share deep concerns about failing students who graduate only because of failing academic standards.
Ignored Assignments
It seems self-evident the primary purpose of attending school is to gain an education. Traditionally, course materials relevant to the course objectives are provided to facilitate learning. Of course, students must engage with these course materials, yet many students skip assignments.
Most colleges require courses to be kept on a class webpage hosted by a Learning Management System (LMS) whereby systems such as Moodle, Blackboard, or Edmodo give instructors the ability to monitor student activity in the course. Missed assignments get marked “never viewed.” Thus, we know which students ignore specific class resources. Those with a lot of “never viewed” notices typically perform poorly in class, but some hang on by a thread because educators feel pressured to keep these failing students in school.
Questionable Student Retention Policies
The pressure on educators to keep failing students in school stems from a nationwide emphasis on student retention. Following the highly-criticized No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), signed by former President Obama in 2015, p***es itself in retention goals like high graduation rates and historically-low dropout rates.
ESSA goes a step further with the lofty goal that all students will graduate fully ready for college or a career. As part of the program, schools that meet retention goals get special federal funding.
Sounds great, right? Not so fast.
Poor student pr********n and slack performance in the classroom combined with ESSA retention goals and a need for federal funds forces many schools to move the goalposts and operate under questionable moral standards.
Lowering the Minimum Standard for Grades Given
One questionable action taken by local school boards involves giving grades higher than those earned on periodic report cards. As a high school teacher under NCLB, I once had a student earn an “8” for a 6-weeks grading period, but the grade was changed by the principal to a 62 in accordance with school board policy.
Such grade manipulation policies are spreading. Reports around the country show that some schools mandate a minimum grade of 50– even if a student does no work at all.
Remember the costly academic-athletic scandal that embarrassed the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently? Some aspects of the scandal involved student athletes and other students who got credit for classes they never attended.
Is there really much difference between a student who receives 50 unearned points and one who receives credit for a class never attended? In both instances, students received credit for unearned coursework, which constitutes academic fraud.
Changing the Academic Grading Scale
As academic standards continue dropping, even minimum grade policies aren’t enough to keep students in school and graduation rates up. The goalposts are moving again.
Many k-12 schools, colleges, and universities are changing from a 7-point grading scale to a 10-point grading scale. At those institutions, students now earn course credit with what were once considered failing or poor grades.
For example, most schools considered a 77 average the minimum grade for a “C” and passing credit for a course. The new minimum standard at lots of schools just became 70. Think about that. A “C” is now just one point above the former failing mark.
With standards so low, how many graduates will receive a degree without an education?
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Unfortunately, whenever funding is predicated on "performance", teachers either focus on the "doing well" students, c***t, or both. Basing teacher pay and promotions on student performance, also leads to c***ting. All of this leaves the poor student adrift, who doesn't even know that they're woefully unprepared.
After decades and decades of graduating education "experts", who've never taught a day in their life, with each Doctoral candidate seeking to "one up" prior Doctors of education, and with each batch of new "Doctors" teaching from their own thesis, we have wandered further and further from the ancient, but tried and true, method of educating children.
Old fashioned teaching is responsible for winning two world wars, putting humans on the Moon and a whole host of other remarkable achievements. The old adage "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" should have been applied to our education system long ago. Every new "improvement" succeeds only in graduating more ignorant people.
lpnmajor wrote:
Unfortunately, whenever funding is predicated on "performance", teachers either focus on the "doing well" students, c***t, or both. Basing teacher pay and promotions on student performance, also leads to c***ting. All of this leaves the poor student adrift, who doesn't even know that they're woefully unprepared.
After decades and decades of graduating education "experts", who've never taught a day in their life, with each Doctoral candidate seeking to "one up" prior Doctors of education, and with each batch of new "Doctors" teaching from their own thesis, we have wandered further and further from the ancient, but tried and true, method of educating children.
Old fashioned teaching is responsible for winning two world wars, putting humans on the Moon and a whole host of other remarkable achievements. The old adage "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" should have been applied to our education system long ago. Every new "improvement" succeeds only in graduating more ignorant people.
Unfortunately, whenever funding is predicated on &... (
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I really h**e to bring this up but, since it’s true although u nfavorable, we all know when this began, don’t we? It began with total school integration and busing. I realize some will simply accuse me of r****m, but the fact is they had to do something to fix the grades of some who weren’t learning, so “they” lowered standards. And now here we are. So now here we are with dumb teachers and dumber kids still trying to cover up. And the brain washing began and the teaching of Islam in schools when God has been sent to the hinterlands. It makes me angry and how do you feel about this?
lpnmajor wrote:
Unfortunately, whenever funding is predicated on "performance", teachers either focus on the "doing well" students, c***t, or both. Basing teacher pay and promotions on student performance, also leads to c***ting. All of this leaves the poor student adrift, who doesn't even know that they're woefully unprepared.
After decades and decades of graduating education "experts", who've never taught a day in their life, with each Doctoral candidate seeking to "one up" prior Doctors of education, and with each batch of new "Doctors" teaching from their own thesis, we have wandered further and further from the ancient, but tried and true, method of educating children.
Old fashioned teaching is responsible for winning two world wars, putting humans on the Moon and a whole host of other remarkable achievements. The old adage "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" should have been applied to our education system long ago. Every new "improvement" succeeds only in graduating more ignorant people.
Unfortunately, whenever funding is predicated on &... (
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And this is very true. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Well, I guess we fixed it, didn’t we.
Sad to say that educational standards have been so lowered that they are nearly meaningless. I worked (volunteered) with the Laubach Foundation and with the home schoolers for about 20 years in central Texas. I had one student who had a high school diploma, but couldn't pass the basic test to get into plumbing school. On testing, he didn't know that 7 + 4 equaled 11 . . . Literally. But he had a diploma. I had to start him from first grade math. He had never learned his basic math facts, but he was not a 'slow learner' and we quickly got him up to being able to do algebra and get an accurate answer. We also taught English and reading, government and American history to people wanting to become citizens and we had a lot of success.
To anyone interested, there is a Literacy Council and/or Laubach Foundation in every county here in the United states. Their services are free for anyone needing to learn to read or get a G.E.D. diploma and they will often provide tutoring to students enrolled in school and having difficulty. They even provide the materials needed, the books, paper, pens, etc. They're especially adept at working with adults who realize they 'blew it' in junior and high school, or dropped out. I've seen some of these people go on to graduate from college.
bahmer wrote:
Failing Academic Standards: Are Today’s Graduates Really Educated?
By Doug Carter - May 16, 2019
America’s new academic standards are failing our students. Despite what official transcripts say, I’m concerned many graduates did not earn their diploma.
As a seasoned high school teacher and college professor pondering my 14th graduation ceremony, I couldn’t help wondering how many students around the country will graduate with a high school or college degree, but not an education.
It’s no secret we have a terrible illiteracy problem. But what I address here goes beyond illiteracy and marches smack through the front door of an academic house of cards. Inside, my colleagues and I share deep concerns about failing students who graduate only because of failing academic standards.
Ignored Assignments
It seems self-evident the primary purpose of attending school is to gain an education. Traditionally, course materials relevant to the course objectives are provided to facilitate learning. Of course, students must engage with these course materials, yet many students skip assignments.
Most colleges require courses to be kept on a class webpage hosted by a Learning Management System (LMS) whereby systems such as Moodle, Blackboard, or Edmodo give instructors the ability to monitor student activity in the course. Missed assignments get marked “never viewed.” Thus, we know which students ignore specific class resources. Those with a lot of “never viewed” notices typically perform poorly in class, but some hang on by a thread because educators feel pressured to keep these failing students in school.
Questionable Student Retention Policies
The pressure on educators to keep failing students in school stems from a nationwide emphasis on student retention. Following the highly-criticized No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), signed by former President Obama in 2015, p***es itself in retention goals like high graduation rates and historically-low dropout rates.
ESSA goes a step further with the lofty goal that all students will graduate fully ready for college or a career. As part of the program, schools that meet retention goals get special federal funding.
Sounds great, right? Not so fast.
Poor student pr********n and slack performance in the classroom combined with ESSA retention goals and a need for federal funds forces many schools to move the goalposts and operate under questionable moral standards.
Lowering the Minimum Standard for Grades Given
One questionable action taken by local school boards involves giving grades higher than those earned on periodic report cards. As a high school teacher under NCLB, I once had a student earn an “8” for a 6-weeks grading period, but the grade was changed by the principal to a 62 in accordance with school board policy.
Such grade manipulation policies are spreading. Reports around the country show that some schools mandate a minimum grade of 50– even if a student does no work at all.
Remember the costly academic-athletic scandal that embarrassed the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently? Some aspects of the scandal involved student athletes and other students who got credit for classes they never attended.
Is there really much difference between a student who receives 50 unearned points and one who receives credit for a class never attended? In both instances, students received credit for unearned coursework, which constitutes academic fraud.
Changing the Academic Grading Scale
As academic standards continue dropping, even minimum grade policies aren’t enough to keep students in school and graduation rates up. The goalposts are moving again.
Many k-12 schools, colleges, and universities are changing from a 7-point grading scale to a 10-point grading scale. At those institutions, students now earn course credit with what were once considered failing or poor grades.
For example, most schools considered a 77 average the minimum grade for a “C” and passing credit for a course. The new minimum standard at lots of schools just became 70. Think about that. A “C” is now just one point above the former failing mark.
With standards so low, how many graduates will receive a degree without an education?
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Trump is trying to give education back to the States. Look at California. The highest paid teachers in the nation with students ranked 48th in reading and 49th in math. What's even worse is what they do learn is wrong. The Second Amendment gives the state the right to form a m*****a which is no longer used since the forming of a National Guard. That is what my kids history book said as written by 3 ranking members of the UN based in San Francisco.
It seems since the Federal Reserve out of the generosity of their stone cold hearts now gives these text books to our students they also dictate what goes in them. We finance our own destruction.
You are so right, I again iterate, responsible parents should be home schooling their children.
bahmer wrote:
Failing Academic Standards: Are Today’s Graduates Really Educated?
By Doug Carter - May 16, 2019
America’s new academic standards are failing our students. Despite what official transcripts say, I’m concerned many graduates did not earn their diploma.
As a seasoned high school teacher and college professor pondering my 14th graduation ceremony, I couldn’t help wondering how many students around the country will graduate with a high school or college degree, but not an education.
It’s no secret we have a terrible illiteracy problem. But what I address here goes beyond illiteracy and marches smack through the front door of an academic house of cards. Inside, my colleagues and I share deep concerns about failing students who graduate only because of failing academic standards.
Ignored Assignments
It seems self-evident the primary purpose of attending school is to gain an education. Traditionally, course materials relevant to the course objectives are provided to facilitate learning. Of course, students must engage with these course materials, yet many students skip assignments.
Most colleges require courses to be kept on a class webpage hosted by a Learning Management System (LMS) whereby systems such as Moodle, Blackboard, or Edmodo give instructors the ability to monitor student activity in the course. Missed assignments get marked “never viewed.” Thus, we know which students ignore specific class resources. Those with a lot of “never viewed” notices typically perform poorly in class, but some hang on by a thread because educators feel pressured to keep these failing students in school.
Questionable Student Retention Policies
The pressure on educators to keep failing students in school stems from a nationwide emphasis on student retention. Following the highly-criticized No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), signed by former President Obama in 2015, p***es itself in retention goals like high graduation rates and historically-low dropout rates.
ESSA goes a step further with the lofty goal that all students will graduate fully ready for college or a career. As part of the program, schools that meet retention goals get special federal funding.
Sounds great, right? Not so fast.
Poor student pr********n and slack performance in the classroom combined with ESSA retention goals and a need for federal funds forces many schools to move the goalposts and operate under questionable moral standards.
Lowering the Minimum Standard for Grades Given
One questionable action taken by local school boards involves giving grades higher than those earned on periodic report cards. As a high school teacher under NCLB, I once had a student earn an “8” for a 6-weeks grading period, but the grade was changed by the principal to a 62 in accordance with school board policy.
Such grade manipulation policies are spreading. Reports around the country show that some schools mandate a minimum grade of 50– even if a student does no work at all.
Remember the costly academic-athletic scandal that embarrassed the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently? Some aspects of the scandal involved student athletes and other students who got credit for classes they never attended.
Is there really much difference between a student who receives 50 unearned points and one who receives credit for a class never attended? In both instances, students received credit for unearned coursework, which constitutes academic fraud.
Changing the Academic Grading Scale
As academic standards continue dropping, even minimum grade policies aren’t enough to keep students in school and graduation rates up. The goalposts are moving again.
Many k-12 schools, colleges, and universities are changing from a 7-point grading scale to a 10-point grading scale. At those institutions, students now earn course credit with what were once considered failing or poor grades.
For example, most schools considered a 77 average the minimum grade for a “C” and passing credit for a course. The new minimum standard at lots of schools just became 70. Think about that. A “C” is now just one point above the former failing mark.
With standards so low, how many graduates will receive a degree without an education?
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