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Graduation inflation (media.piefed.world)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/justpost@lemmy.world
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This seems like a problem

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[–] 15 points 10 months ago (5 children)

HS graduation rates were really under 75% from the 70s through 00s?!

I mean that’s my cohort (wassup my GenX underachievers!) but I’m still shocked…

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

    Before No Child left Behind, schools/teachers were allowed to fail students. After that that 'educational reform' they were not.

    Hence why most of our educational metrics go down, while our graduation rate went up. We simply lowered the bar.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    There is no bar anymore. The 10% that aren't graduating are the kids that literally don't even show up to school. If a kid is at least at school half the time, they'll graduate. Don't even need to do anything, just being there is enough. Kids are "graduating" with actual GPAs <1.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    It would be extremely difficult to graduate with a GPA less than 1. A 1 represents a D, so anyone graduating with a less than 1 would have to fail at least one class, and get a D in every other class. There is a minimum number of credits required to graduate, so failing multiple classes while still graduating is very difficult

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